The search found 505 results in 0.049 seconds.
Search results
-
Transitioning Leadership - Pinhas DT
One of the most difficult tasks faced by a community is the orderly transition of power from one leader to the next. Every nation, religious group, society, organization, and family inevitably faces the challenge of how to transfer allegiance and authority from the accepted leader to the appointed successor.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/transitioning-leadership
Posted on: 2016/06/15 - 2:31pm
-
Balaam Recognizes the One God - Balak DT
This week's portion is called Balak, after the name of the Moabite monarch who sought to bring doom on the Israelites as they approached the end of their forty-year journey from Egypt to Israel.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/balaam-recognizes-one-god
Posted on: 2016/06/15 - 2:36pm
-
On Being A Paradox Jew
Some three and a half months ago we read in Parashat Ki Tisa about the two tablets containing the Aseret HaDibrot (Ten Commandments) that were smashed by Moshe Rabbenu on the bare rock of Har Sinai. That incident still echoes with us as we look this week at Parshat Hukat and the Para Adumah - the Red Heifer.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/being-paradox-jew
Posted on: 2016/06/15 - 3:10pm
-
Leadership - DT Korah
This week's parasha is Korah. It takes it's name from that of Moses' fellow from the tribe of Levi, Korah, who attempted to lead a rebellion against Moses. Korah led the rebellion because he believed that Moses and Aaron were claiming to be holier than the rest of the community. Korah believed that all of the people were holy and that they should share in the special relationship with God. In short, he wanted to be a priest as well.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/leadership
Posted on: 2016/06/15 - 3:32pm
-
Who Has The Authority To Change Judaism?
In his well-known 1936 commentary on the Torah, popularly referred to as the “Hertz Humash”, Dr. J. H. Hertz refers to this week's Torah portion, “Korach”, as “The Great Mutiny”. Rabbi Gunther Plaut, writing in the Reform movement's recent commentary on the Torah, calls these chapters “The Rebellion of Korach, Dathan, and Abiram”. Dr. Jacob Milgrom, in the new commentary on the Book of Numbers published by the Jewish Publication Society, refers to this portion as the “Encroachment on the Tabernacle”.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/who-has-authority-change-judaism
Posted on: 2016/06/15 - 3:36pm
-
Why Did Korah Rebel? Korah DT
The tale of Korah's rebellion at the beginning of this eponymous parsha is so compelling, that we are usually distracted from either delving farther in to its subsequent passages, or, more significantly, from questioning the rectitude of its outcome.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/why-did-korah-rebel
Posted on: 2016/06/15 - 3:39pm
-
The Reminder of Tzitzit DT Shelakh
The parasha this week is Shelakh-Lekha. In this parasha Moses, at God's command, chooses one leader from each of the twelve tribes to serve as spies. Their mission is to enter the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, and to bring back a report to the people. “See what kind of country it is…..
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/reminder-tzitzit
Posted on: 2016/06/15 - 3:43pm
-
Just A Little Prayer Will Do - DT Behaalotcha
Shortly after our ancestors left Egypt, they found themselves standing on the shore of the Red Sea, caught between the rapidly approaching Egyptian army and the seemingly impassable waters. Moses, understanding our people's plight, turned to God in prayer. Instead of answering Moses' prayer, God rebukes him with the question, “Why are you crying out to me?” (Exodus 14:15)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/just-little-prayer-will-do
Posted on: 2016/06/16 - 11:15am
-
Be Careful What You Wish For - DT Behaalotcha
It seems to come from nowhere: a craving—perhaps to devour ice cream, to gossip, to mindlessly watch TV, to have sex, or to make fun of another person. Ah, it's a long list—all the urges in our lives!
Sudden and strong impulses can be confusing. If what I long for may not itself be bad, then why deny it? Or, if my craving is in fact harmful, why do I feel like doing something I will regret later? On one hand, shouldn't I celebrate my true feelings? On the other hand, shouldn't I be ashamed of feeling this way?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/be-careful-what-you-wish
Posted on: 2016/06/16 - 11:18am
-
The True Honor - DT Naso
This week's Torah portion, Naso, concludes with the lengthy and detailed listing of the twelve identical offerings that the chieftains of the twelve tribes of Israel brought to the newly dedicated Mishkan, the portable shrine that served as our people's holy place from the early years of the desert wandering until Solomon's construction of the Temple in Jerusalem. The Torah goes to great pains not to discriminate among the twelve tribes and their leaders. Each tribal leader is mentioned by name. Each gift is meticulously and identically described.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/true-honor
Posted on: 2016/06/16 - 11:26am
