Tag: Tabernacle
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Play Your Part. We Need You.
[Apologies: wrote this last week and neglected to post here!] A very common question many of us are asking these days is, what can I do? Well, I have an answer: you can do your part. At the end of the book of Exodus, which we read this past Shabbat, we read about the final…
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Warning Bells
Having discussed sacred structures in last week’s portion, the Torah this week turns to sacred fashion. After elaborately describing the materials and construction of the Tabernacle, the portable building that is to serve as the worship space and community center for the Israelites as they make their way through the desert, the Torah describes the…
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Community Before Self
A late post this week as I have been distracted, as we all have been, by the events in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman last week killed 17 people in a high school. And while this is not the first time this has happened, this one has hit me particularly hard for a variety of…
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To Give is To Receive
The blintzes are back! This year, after a year’s hiatus Blintzapalooza returns. Blintzapalooza is one of Temple Beth Hatfiloh hallmark events, the Sunday in March when we open up our doors and welcome in the community to eat blintzes and bagels, buy used books, participate in a Jewish cooking contest and support local charitable organizations.…
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Where Are You @?
Yesterday was my scheduled monthly contribution to the Rabbis Without Borders blog on My Jewish Learning. Here is my post: Where Are You @?
Rabbi 360 