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NYJW Sabbath Week

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 5:30 p.m. Torah reading: Genesis 25:19-28:9 Haftarah: Machar Chodesh; I Samuel 20:18-42 Shabbat ends: 6:30 p.m. Family can be a source of support and comfort, but it can also be a source of terrible jealousy, fostering a lifetime of enmity. This is as true of the biblical families as it is […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 5:39 p.m. Torah: Gen. 23:1-25:18 Haftarah: I Kings 1:1-31 Shabbat ends: 6:37 p.m. Abraham and Sarah seem to have been living apart when she died in Hebron, although the text is not explicit as to why. Apparently, the Akeidah (the near-sacrifice of Isaac) separated them. Abraham “came to mourn for Sarah” […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 5:48 p.m. Torah: Genesis 18:1-22:24 Haftarah: II Kings 4:1-37 Shabbat ends: 6:46 p.m.     Anyone who reads the Bible is cognizant that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob played a fundamental role in early Jewish history. But what role, if any, did the matriarchs, specifically Sarah and subsequently Rebecca, play? Sarah was […]

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