At the end of chapter two of shemot, we find the israelites groaning from their bondage in egypt. It is not a road trip exactly, but more of long forty year journey by foot. Shemini tazria metzora acharei mot kedoshim emor behar bechukotai. Torah for tweens explore parashah bhaalotcha with torah for tweens, perfect for families with tweens. What does the desert census teach us about the future of the house of israel. Then god said to moses, take the levites and purify them with waters that clear of sin, and make. But the simple word is how do we use our words to bring healing, to bring blessing, to bring holiness. This brings us back to our torah portion, bhaalotcha in the book of numbers 8. Urj press titles cleared and available from behrman house.
The sons of aaron, the levites taken instead of the firstborn. In the midst of the terrorism, the politics, and the seemingly free license people now take in demeaning each other. We members of the temple beth sholom torah study class are delighted to have the opportunity to help restore the connections by adding our commentaries to those of generations past. For many readers, the torah is more than the good book. Shabbat b haalot cha dear friends, our torah goes by a number of aliases. This weeks torah portion, b haalot cha, begins with the instructions for the lifting up of the lamps, haneirot, to illuminate the tabernacle. Thanks for joining us for this weeks episode of on the other hand. It is through this commentary that we anchor our present in the past. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. She was invested by the hebrew union college school of sacred music in new york and was one of the first women in the. This same letter, nun, also marks the portions most distinctive passage in numbers 10. Probably both are meant, one at the beginning and one. Jun 01, 2018 more likely, this is an open complaint about the fact that moses married a cushite, darkskinned, african woman.
Miriam and aaron spoke against moses because of the cushite woman he had married. We are warned to stop complaining and to make our journey a positive one or else. Parshat bhaalotcha 5770 moshe, miriam and prophecy. Bhaalotcha commentary 2009 living waters fellowship. Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah, and the tribe of levi is initiated into the service in the sanctuary a second passover is instituted in response to the petition why should we be deprived. May 24, 20 but when i read that passage, i do not see any obvious place for our two verses. Vayishlach, and jacob sent messengers ahead to esau. Each week, rabbi rick jacobs, president of the union for reform judaism, will offer divrei torah insights into the weekly torah portion to help open up jewish thought and its contemporary influence on your life. The orginal version of mitkadem digital has been discontinued. Another interesting thing for moderns to note about the introductory verses of parashat bhaalotcha is that though most of the details of the wilderness sanctuary sound very foreign to us, the candelabrum of which the passage speaks is familiar. She received her phd at hebrew university, in jerusalem. Parashat behaalotcha is the 36th weekly torah portion in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading. The people listed here are those distinguished from.
Stand by thy burntoffering we have already seen that blessing and cursing in this way were considered as religious rites, and therefore must be always preceded by sacrifice. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Torah is our history, our laws, and gives us a light through which we bring to life ancient teachings in our modern world. Explore parashah bhaalotcha with torah for tweens, perfect for families with tweens. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress catalog. Learn about the jewish holiday of hanukkah also spelled hannukah or chanukah, including meaning, recipes and dates.
The levites numbered by their families, their duties. Jtss extensive online torah resources reflect todays most compelling conversations, research, and teaching from leaders in jewish studyall available for learners around the world to explore and enjoy. Shabbat bhaalotcha dear friends, our torah goes by a number of aliases. As the jps commentary succinctly puts it, regardless of whether moses wife was ethiopian or midianite, the objection to her, it is implied, was ethnic.
I always say, life is good, try it every daylife is good. Rabbi lisa edwards weekly 10 minutes of torah week 3. The book of ecclesiastes may be the section of the hebrew bible most relevant to the way we experience the world today. When she not writing books, articles, or divrei torah, it is poetry that flows from her pen. Nachmanides rabbi moshe ben nachman, 11941270 points out in his commentary that we might have thought that strangers, which we mean in this context to be proselytes whove converted to judaism and whose ancestors did not share in the exodus, should not bring a pascal offering to commemorate the event. A guide to help adults learn how to engage young children in a discussion about this weeks torah portion. This week we are reading the epic parshah of behaalotecha. As we near the end of our fiscal year, we begin to reflect on all that we have accomplished. The levites are initiated into the tabernacle service. Torah reading, haftarah, links to audio and commentary. We left off last week with the leader of each tribe bringing sacrifices during twelve consecutive days.
This is a short film i made after studying the book of numbers in the old testament. Behaalotecha, behaalotecha, behaalothekha, or behaaloscha. The seventy elders indeed prophesy or speak in ecstasy mitnabim, but only once, never again v. As a result of her charge to the assembly, the women of reform judaism voted to undertake the project of a transformative commentary to the torah that will include feminist commentary, interpretations and scholarship in an effort to uncover and recover womens voices from our tradition and enable women to interact freely with our sacred texts. Wildcard searching if you want to search for multiple variations of a word, you can substitute a special symbol called a wildcard for one or more letters.
Jun 12, 2019 shabbat bhaalotcha dear friends, our torah goes by a number of aliases. They said, has the eternal spoken only through moses. Hebrew for when you step up, the 11th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah is the 36th weekly torah portion, parashah in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the third in the book of numbers. Join temple israels librarian, rose myers, on wednesdays from 1. The weekly portion, b haalotcha, is sealed with what seems like a side. Life is good by susan shanelinder jewish learning matters. Parashat behaalotcha is the 36th weekly torah portion in the annual jewish cycle. To understand this, we must understand the puzzling sin of the meraglim. Voted one of christianity todays 1995 books of the yearfor 40 years, the new bible commentary has set the standard for works of its kind. Other ancient commentary proposes that the verses were pulled from a lost prophecy by eldad and meidad, who break into prophesy in numbers 11. The book of vayikra contained many commandments concerning loving elohim, loving others, and. This talk, inspired by the moral leadership of this group, was originally presented as a sermon on shabbat bhaalotcha, june 6, 2014, to a joint board meeting of the ccar, urj, hucjir, along with the members of the cincinnati reform community who joined together for shabbat. See this exemplified in the case of isaac, before he blessed jacob and esau, genesis 27 note, and the notes there. We walk in a world teeming with zealous based violence.
The parashah tells of the menorah in the tabernacle, the. Probably both are meant, one at the beginning and one at the end. Is it only miriam who is talking or is aaron also responsible. January 17, 2020by amy kalmanofsky commentary shemot. The third commentary by rabbi lisa about book of numbers bmidbar titled whine country, refers to bhaalotcha, numbers 8. Womens deception and divine sanction in the hebrew bible sheffieldphoenix press, 2015.
But there are two lights that that it could symbolise, the light of the lord and the light of man. It was presented to president barack obama at the 2011 wrj assembly. Commentaries tend to be more direct and express the commentators views regarding the book. In it i talk about ten things i felt that the book has taught me. I always say, life is good, i like to live my life this way, try it every day. Torah study is an important part of daily living as it too lives as an eitz chayim, a tree of life. Sadly, it sometimes seems as if zealotry is winning the day. Parshat bhaalotcha 5770 rabbi ari kahn moshe, miriam and prophecy at the end of parshat bhaalotcha a short episode is recounted, an. These two hardtounderstand verses describe the movement of the ark. Tbs torah study temple beth sholom a jewish center of life. The initial letter of the word, lamp, neir, is nun. Parashat beha alotcha is the 36th weekly torah portion in the annual jewish cycle. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Our faculty and teachers bring the depth and breadth of jts learning directly to you through a rich collection of contemporary jewish content. The weekly portion, b haalotcha, is sealed with what seems like a side story. Monday torah vayishlach, and jacob sent messengers. When commanded to speak to the rock in order to produce water for the israelites to drink, moses instead hit the rock with his staff. However, since lj congregations do not read each weekly portion in its entirety largely because this would make the torah reading far too long liberal judaisms lectionary. Lj ebulletin bhaalotcha 16th june 2016 rabbi elli sarah. More intriguing to me is an explanation brought in the talmud. I was able to read this during a few moments of eating lunch at my desk. Continue reading download an mp3 of the audio commentary. This commentary will be a valuable addition to every synagogue, torah study group, and jewish home.
Now, the book of bemidbar will give an account of the children of israel in their attempt to serve hwhy. The israelites receive instructions regarding passover. Nov 30, 2009 monday torah vayishlach, and jacob sent messengers ahead to esau. Like other jewish denominations, liberal judaism follows the annual torah reading cycle. A womens commentary was introduced in grand style with a party at the december 2007 wrj assembly and urj biennial in san diego. Now in this uptodate fourth edition, the new bible commentary is positioned to maintain its standing as the leading onevolume commentary on the whole bible well into the 21st century.
The parshah actually starts off with the mitzvah of kindling the menorah bamidbar 8. You can find book commentaries in magazines and online. All mitkadem print materials titles have been cleared and are available for purchase from behrman house. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Behaalotecha, behaalotecha, behaalothekha, or behaaloscha is the 36th weekly torah portion, parashah in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading and the third in the book of numbers. One view is that nun is the first letter of ner, a light. Beth alpert nakhai july 2019 3 2008 central commentary. Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah, and the tribe of levi is initiated into the service in the sanctuary. Rabbi moshe ben nachman, 11941270 points out in his commentary that we might have thought that strangers, which we mean in this context to be proselytes whove converted to judaism and whose ancestors did not share in the exodus, should not bring a. Parashat bhaalotcha takes up the issue of the perils of materialism that rabbinic interpreters found implicit in a verse from last weeks portion, numbers 6. This weeks torah portion, bhaalotcha, begins with the instructions for the lifting up of the lamps, haneirot, to illuminate the tabernacle. The meraglim were surely the heads of bnei yisrael, as the torah says. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. An incident occurring in this portion makes the point vividly.
Translation, rabbinic and contemporary commentary sol scharfstein on. Rabbinic commentary regarded these two letters as enshrining a divine message shab. Explore our library and, through it, our lives and the world around us, meet old friends. Sifrei, a midrashic collection about the book of numbers from the same. In 2008, it won the national jewish book council everett family foundations jewish book of the year award. In addition to our traditional programs and learning opportunities such as tilli, torah study, tot rock shabbat, and soul food friday, we launched several new initiatives and established partnerships with other organizations to increase our program offerings. The israelites leave mount sinai, and proceed towards the land of canaan. In b haalot cha, god emphatically teaches the children of israel and us, their descendents, to be ever mindful of gods commandments, to be grateful for gods miracles. For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes.
Bhaalotcha 57612001 rabbi buchwalds weekly torah message. May 22, 2010 parshat bhaalotcha 5770 rabbi ari kahn moshe, miriam and prophecy at the end of parshat bhaalotcha a short episode is recounted, an. In fact, commentary has become the principal instrument of jewish development. Weiss, associate editor, available from the library of congress. This weeks torah portion, bhaalotcha, begins with the instructions for the.
What any easy way to remain connected to torah on a daily basis. Sager has been the cantor of fairmount temple since 1980, and is the first person in the history of this congregation to hold the position of cantor. Eitz chayim tree of life, pentateuch greek for five books, torah shebiktav the written instruction but one that has always seemed to stick out to me is the five books of moses. Most commentary after the talmud also identifies the displaced passage in behaalotkha as the two verses in between the inverted nuns. God answers both complaints by bringing a spirit or wind rua. Oct 21, 2011 one response to breishit 5772 egrotta october 22, 2011 at 12. Sometimes they addressed their problems headon, but other times they. Echoes of eden rabbi ari kahn parashat bhaalotcha 5776 schools out sometimes unexpectedly, despite the best plans. More likely, this is an open complaint about the fact that moses married a cushite, darkskinned, african woman. One response to breishit 5772 egrotta october 22, 2011 at 12. Five books of moses, offering all of us the first comprehensive commentary by. Bhaalotcha 57612001 the torahs attitude towards converts.
Monday torah vayishlach, and jacob sent messengers ahead. Our own rabbi lisa edwards was chosen to give 10 minutes of torah for nine weeks at the reform judaisms website. After the sanctification of the dwelling place for god, god spoke to moses saying, speak to aaron and have him light the menorah so that the seven lights shall cast light. Tbs torah study temple beth sholom a jewish center of. A womens commentary parashat bhaalotcha n umbers 8. A womens commentary parashat b haalot cha n umbers 8. At this point in our torah, the israelites have spent years wandering through the wilderness, marching toward the promised land of israel.
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