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NYJW Sabbath Week

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’” [Numbers 8:1-2] This week’s biblical portion contains an important insight into the necessary qualities and major functions of our rabbis. Our Torah reading of […]

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What does it take to establish trust? In a sense, the entire narrative thrust of the Book of Numbers is about the process of the Israelites learning to trust in God, to be ready to enter the land that has been promised to them. But for a people who have been slaves and ill-treated by […]

What can we learn from a woman’s journey to becoming Jewish, and why on Shavuot, when the Jewish people received the Torah? Says Rabbi Ze’ira, “The Book of Ruth “tells us nothing about what is pure or impure or what we should or should not do. Why was it written? To teach us how great […]

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