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Ki Tavo. (When you come)

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

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

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

Va’Elech (And he went )

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)

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:

Shoftim (Judges)

SHOFTIM (Judges) Deut.16:18–21:9; Isa. 51:12–52:12; Jn. 8: 1-11 by Raphael ben Levi Have you ever wondered why there’s no mention of synagogues, rabbis, Pharisees, Sadducees,

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PARSHA 39 – Chukat

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

Parsha 53 Ha’Azinu

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

Zionism and Jewish Identity

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