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Allegorical Interpretation of the Song of Songs - DT Passover
Today I would like to talk about lessons from the Passover story as can be learned from the Song of Songs. First, though, I would like to give a brief introduction to the book itself. The Song of Songs or the song of Solomon which it is also called, is one of the five scrolls read on various holidays throughout the year. The entire book is a series of love songs in poetic form.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/allegorical-interpretation-song-songs
Posted on: 2007/05/30 - 12:00am
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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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Love the Stranger As Yourself DT Kligler Kedoshim
Originally published by T’ruah at http://www.truah.org/resources/kedoshim-love-the-stranger-as-yourself/
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/love-stranger-yourself
Posted on: 2018/04/27 - 11:27am
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Blood - Aharei Mot DT Dannin
References to blood appear at least sixty-five times in the Torah, and more, depending on how you do the counting and excluding references to menses. In this parashah, it appears primarily in connection with sacrifices (Lev.16:14-15, 16:18-19, 16:27, 17:3-6).
But the more intriguing reference is in Lev. 17:10-14, where we are told:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/blood
Posted on: 2018/04/20 - 1:49pm
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Future Prayer
Isaiah 57:14-58:14
Are these the words for the future prayer not yet in our mahzor, the one all the generations after us will recite?
We heard the prophet say: “Prepare, prepare the road - clear away the stumbling blocks.” But instead, we have built walls across the roads to keep out those we fear.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/future-prayer
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 10:36am
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Tzara'at and Selfishness DT Metzora Cohen
Parshat Metzora deals with a peculiar condition called tzara’at that afflicts skin, surfaces of walls and clothing. This condition has long been erroneously translated into English as “leprosy.” However, tzara’at is not Hansen’s Disease, the clinical name for leprosy. For starters, the symptoms are not at all similar. Moreover, the rules associated with tzara’at do not make sense if the disease is contagious.https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/tzaraat-and-selfishness
Posted on: 2017/04/24 - 3:03pm
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The Eternal Flame Within Us All - DT Tzav Berger
A Jew walks into a synagogue and looks around. What can s/he expect to see? An area for prayer that includes an ark that contains at least one Torah; perhaps a table, a bima, in front of the ark as a focus area for the prayer service and the Torah reading; and finally, a light, either attached to the top of the ark in some way or hanging from the ceiling.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/eternal-flame-within-us-all
Posted on: 2017/03/28 - 4:06pm
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Filling the Earth with God's Presence
Haftarah Yitro from last week includes words so important they were made part of the service: “Holy, holy, holy! All the earth is filled with the presence of the Lord of Hosts.”
Or it could be, if we made room for that presence.
Making room for God is a task set for us by all of Jewish teaching, and it is one whose details are included in Parashat Mishpatim.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/filling-earth-gods-presence
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 10:45am
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Blueprint for a Full Jewish Life - DT Terumah Schein
Reprinted by permission of the Cleveland Jewish News.
This d’var Torah is one of a series influenced by the Me’am Loez Sephardic Torah commentary.
If we review briefly the last several parshiot of Exodus, we see an interesting pattern. We began with mythic moments of redemption from slavery and the revelation of the Torah in Bo, Beshalakh, and Yitro. Human beings cannot live without these moments, but living with them only is also impossible.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/blueprint-full-jewish-life
Posted on: 2018/02/09 - 3:35pm
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Israel Dialogue
Note: This symposium took place in the summer of 2015, and reflects conversations and events at that time.
Welcome to the Jewish Reconstructionist communities’ conversation on Israel and Zionism; this site is now our home for tackling important topics and deepening our relationships with Jewish life and community.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dialogue/israel
Posted on: 2016/05/04 - 2:24pm
