All posts tagged "Torah"

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Sanctuary as the Connection with God’s Love – Terumah

  by Ariel Ben Avraham  The Torah, Israel, the Promised Land, and the Temple of Jerusalem are the essential elements to reveal God’s...

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  A Rationalist Approach to Suffering – Israel

  By Jon Sommer. When Jews search for texts that give meaning to suffering and address healing in the midst of physical, spiritual,...

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  A Path to Loving Awareness – 6 Night Jewish Meditation Retreat – Israel

  We at Or HaLev are excited about our upcoming Jewish mindfulness meditation retreat, “A Path to Loving Awareness,” a unique opportunity in...

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  Exclusive – Dov Ben-Zion’s Apostasy: A Fable

  By Marvin Schwartz. A dream is one-sixtieth part prophecy. Talmud Bavli, Berachot 57b Prologue: A week before the incident. Dov Ben-Zion was...

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  Liberating the slaves and the Seven Ascents that Moses made.

  by Yizhaq Hayut-Man & Tirzah Arzi Parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1 – 24:18) contains two seemingly different issues: a system of Miẓvot (commands,...

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  It is Israel’s mission to elevate every sphere of Creation by infusing it with kedusha

  PARSHAT MISHPATIM. by Yehuda HaKohen. MISHPATIM deals primarily with the civil laws that govern communal interaction.   The fact that these decrees...

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  Sinai Revelation in Multimedia Production – Yitro

  Sculpture by Phillip Ratner. By Yitzhaq Hayut-man Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1 – 20:23) – The Sinai Revelation in Multimedia Production Parashat Yitro...

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  Hear, O Friends of Israel – Daniel Johnson

  By Daniel Johnson “Jewish history teaches, if anything can, that there is a purpose to human existence and that we are not...

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  Israelis get their green thumbs ready for Tu B’Shevat celebrations

          Children planting trees in the Biriya forest near Safed on Monday. Photo credit: Dror Artzi – Jini  byDan Lavie and Itsik...

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  Change of Heart – Abraham Joshua Heschel

  A compelling perspective on the thought and life of Abraham Joshua Heschel that is beginning to take root in Israeli society. Dror...

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  The Pillar of Cloud and its Movements – Beshalah

  (Ex. 13:17-17:16) – Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. In the preceding Parashot in the Book of Exodus we have focused on items that came...

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  HaShem has inspired a new generation with a lofty spirit uncorrupted by fear or passivity.

  PARSHAT BESHALACH (by Yehuda HaKohen) “Pharaoh approached; the Children of Israel raised their eyes and behold! – Egypt was journeying after them,...

• David Hazony

  B’shallah: Hands Up!

  By David Hazony. The stories in this week’s reading may seem disjointed, but in fact they form a single unit.  A modern editor,...

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  and the Gold of Egypt – Parashat Bo

  Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. The name of the third Parashah in the Book of Exodus (Shemot, meaning “Names of…”) is Bo (בא)  –...

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  Bo: From Darkness to Light

  by Ariel Ben Avraham  The last three plagues prior to the Exodus from Egypt came with a deeper awareness of the Creator...

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  The word hametz shares the root letters of l’hahmitz – to miss.. Parashat BO

  by Yehuda HaKohen .”You shall safeguard the matzot, for on this very day I will have taken your legions out of the...

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  Arabs And Jews Explore Shared Heritage – Digging Up Abraham’s Roots

       By Hanna Szekeres, NoCamels Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Could this biblical phrase, which was written in the Middle...

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  Pharaoh replied, `Who is HaShem that I should heed His voice to send out Israel?

  by Yehuda HaKohen. “Pharaoh replied, `Who is HaShem that I should heed His voice to send out Israel? I do not know...

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  The Powers of the Matteh – Staff

  Parashat va’Era (Exodus 6:2-8:28) by Dr. Yitzhaq Hayut-Man. The name of the parashah – ‘VaEra’ – only appears once and that is...

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  Jewbilation – The Sound of Shabbat

  We are lightening things up a bit today at israelseen. With all the speculation about the “end of days” we thought it...