Parsha Lech Lecha (Go!)
December 27, 2023
SHABBAT 04.11.2023 By Raphael ben Levi A post by Daniel Stern’s daughter Shirel: “I just want to say, that within all this darkness, I found something
SHABBAT 04.11.2023 By Raphael ben Levi A post by Daniel Stern’s daughter Shirel: “I just want to say, that within all this darkness, I found something
2023-2024 Raphael ben Levi Page of 1 8 Parasha Toldot (Generations) Gen. 25:19–28:9; Mal.1:1–2:7; Lk.3:1–18 By Raphael ben Levi In this Torah portion we read
Cheshvan is usually a quiet period in stark contrast to the preceding month and appears in some ways drab and hostile. However, that cannot be
SHMINI ATZERET + SIMCHAT TORAH by Raphael ben Levi Today is the 8th day of Sukkot known as ‘Shemini Atzeret,’ (8th solemn assembly) that marks
MEKUDESHET SUKKOT 2023 by Raphael ben Levi Sukkot is one of the three feasts of pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Ps.118:28-29 says, “You are my God, and I
Last week’s Torah portion incorporated a wide variety of commandments from completely different areas of life, full of domestic and civil laws that can at
Re’eh (See) Deut.11: 26 – 16:17 Isai. 54:11–55:5; Jn.16:1–17:26 by Raphael ben Levi “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse
Ki Tetzei (‘When you go out’) DEUT. 21:10-25:19 Haftara: Isa. 54:1–10; N.T. Lk. 23:1–25; by Raphael ben Levi This Torah portion incorporates a wide variety
NITZAVIM (You are Standing) + Vayelech (And He Went) Deut.29:9:31:30, Haftarah: Isa.61:10–63:9, NT: Rom.10:14–21 By Raphael ben Levi ‘Nitzavim’ is one of the titles in
NITZAVIM (Standing) Deut 29:9–31:30, Isai 61:10–63:9; Hos. 14:1-9; Joel 2:15-27 By Raphael ben Levi This is ‘Shabbat Shuva,’ the Shabbat of return taken from Hos.14:
Parasha Chukat (Regulation,Commands) Num.19-22:1 Judg.11:1-33 By Raphael ben Levi This week’s Torah portion is taken from Num.19-22 read in all synagogues throughout the world that
This week’s parasha takes us full circle to the end of Moses’ life, but what was it like at the beginning as a humble shepherd
As we prepare to celebrate Sukkot next Shabbat I would like to briefly share a taster regarding a Sukkot tradition known as the waving of
I recently heard one American make the comment that, “Being Jewish is a political liability for the Democrats” who most Jews vote for. Yet the