וַיִּקַּ֣ח קֹ֔רַח בֶּן־יִצְהָ֥ר בֶּן־קְהָ֖ת בֶּן־לֵוִ֑י Now Korah, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, took… (Numbers 16.1) found on a wall at a resistance gathering in October 2021, Portland Oregon The parashah for this week’s learning is Korakh, named for the leader of a rebellion against Moshe. It’s not the first rebellion norContinue reading “Shabbat Korakh: An Authentic Team Member”
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Shabbat Shelakh: Telling Time in Jewish
לַכֹּ֖ל זְמָ֑ן וְעֵ֥ת לְכׇל־חֵ֖פֶץ תַּ֥חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven (Kohelet 3.1) Before clocks and calendars, our people knew where we were in time by the sun, and by the Shabbat. On our ritual documents until today, traditionally we identify a day by its position inContinue reading “Shabbat Shelakh: Telling Time in Jewish”
Shabbat Shelakh L’kha: Trust or Fail
In these days of many kinds of prayers, let us consider the nature of Jewish prayer. Jews pray in highly specific ways, teaching us by way of this mindfulness practice a Jewish ethics of existence. The first kind of prayer we see demonstrated in our siddur, our makhzor and any other kind of prayer compilationContinue reading “Shabbat Shelakh L’kha: Trust or Fail”
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone 