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Haazinu When Will We Ever Learn DT Mira Wasserman
Originally published at the Jewish Exponent on September 20, 2017 as Haazinu: When Will We Ever Learn?
It has been almost five years since my father called to tell me he was eating a tuna sandwich for lunch.
Normally, such an event is unremarkable, certainly not worthy of a special call. But there was something special about that sandwich, and the circumstances under which it was eaten.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/when-will-we-ever-learn
Posted on: 2017/09/26 - 2:36pm
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DT Lekh Lekha Ellen Dannin
If ever there were a person for whom Psalm 145 — the Ashrei — was written, it is Avraham. Ashrei begins: “Happy are they who dwell in your house” and then continues through the Hebrew alphabet to list God’s attributes and blessings bestowed on us and our reasons for giving thanks.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/avraham-happiness-and-gods-open-hand
Posted on: 2017/10/20 - 12:11pm
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Be a Blessing - DT Lekh Lekha SPN
The parashah begins with God’s call to Avram (his name won’t be changed to Avraham until later) to “Go forth from your land, from your kindred, from your father’s house, to the land that I will let you see. I will make a great nation of you and will give you blessing and will make your name great. Be a blessing!”https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/be-blessing
Posted on: 2017/10/20 - 12:24pm
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Go to Yourself: Abraham and the Spiritual Journey DT Kligler
And YHVH said to Abram, “Lekh Lekha (go forth, but literally go to yourself) from your land and from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1)
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם לֶךְ־לְךָ֛ מֵאַרְצְךָ֥ וּמִמּֽוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וּמִבֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַרְאֶֽךָּ׃
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/go-yourself-abraham-and-spiritual-journey
Posted on: 2017/10/20 - 12:42pm
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Filling in the Missing Pieces of Sarah's Life
Should we be surprised that a parasha entitled Hayey Sarah, “the life of Sarah”, in fact opens with the death of Sarah, and encompasses nothing of her life story?
Torah is full of round-about tales and messages. Here is one that is perhaps more significant for being less straightforward. It is about Sarah, and yet not about one person, for it clearly connects to the origins of a people.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/filling-missing-pieces-sarahs-life
Posted on: 2017/11/03 - 12:33pm
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Abraham's Second Life DT Hayey Sarah
In the Stone Edition Chumash, the brief note on Genesis 25:1-11, which summarizes Abraham’s life after the death of his wife, Sarah, and the marriage of their son, Isaac, to Rebecca, reveals more about human life
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/abrahams-second-life
Posted on: 2017/11/03 - 12:41pm
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Quality or Quantity? DT Hayey Sarah
“And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah…” begins our Torah portion this week. Interestingly, Sarah’s age is not revealed with any sense of awe for the number of years she lived. Was there something different about the way our ancestors aged or counted? Or is there something we are missing in our reading of the story?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/quality-or-quantity
Posted on: 2017/11/07 - 5:02pm
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Questioning Jacob's and Rebecca's Behavior DT Toldot Gluskin
In the Torah, Rebecca and Jacob use deception to get Jacob the birthright due to his brother Esau. It is natural and healthy to question the behavior of Jacob and Rebecca. Our ancestors don’t have to be perfect to gain our interest. In fact, they may be more interesting because they are flawed. By studying these characters and trying to figure them out, we learn more about ourselves.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/questioning-jacobs-and-rebeccas-behavior
Posted on: 2017/11/09 - 12:21pm
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Isaac, Digger of Wells DT Dannin Toldot
In Toldot, we come at last to Isaac’s story. And this year, as most years, we read it as we enter late autumn: a transitional time, the secular — or at least non-Jewish — equivalent to the transitional period that begins with Rosh HaShanah — New Year’s Day — and continues on through late summer/early autumn to Simchat Torah. The Jewish New Year observances begin as summer, warmth, and growth give way to decline. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this secular period begins as autumn is about to give way to winter.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/isaac-digger-wells
Posted on: 2017/11/09 - 12:40pm
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Meeting Angels DT Vayetzey
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And Jacob said when he saw them: “This is God’s camp.” And he called the place, “Makhanaim.” Genesis 32:2-3
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/meeting-angels
Posted on: 2017/11/15 - 8:10pm
