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It Reached No Further DT Va'et'khanan Howard Cohen
This week, we listen in as Moshe continues his farewell address to the Israelites. His focus shifts to what the people must remember and honor as their foundational principles: namely, the numerous laws, edicts and assorted teachings. In particular, Moshe emphasizes the Aseret HaDibrot, the Ten Commandments, and thus they are repeated here. These can safely be described as the quintessential universal biblical teaching, since they are readily embraced by all religions with their taproot in the Hebrew Bible.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/it-reached-no-further
Posted on: 2017/07/28 - 10:26am
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Pinkhas DT David Steinberg
Since I’m the only rabbi in the Duluth area, I regularly get called on by the local hospitals to visit patients who indicate on their admission forms that they are Jewish. Sometimes I’m visiting members of my own congregation. Sometimes I’m visiting unaffiliated Jews who might live in the area, or who might be simply passing through. Recently I had the occasion of visiting someone who was very elderly and immediately thereafter visiting a mother of a newborn baby.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/next-generation
Posted on: 2017/07/20 - 10:51am
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Finding Your Voice DT Devarim Kligler
B’ever ha’Yarden b’eretz Moav ho’il Moshe be’er et hatorah hazot
בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֑ב הוֹאִ֣יל מֹשֶׁ֔ה בֵּאֵ֛ר אֶת־הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את
On the far side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this Torah (Deuteronomy 1:5)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/finding-your-voice
Posted on: 2017/07/21 - 6:37pm
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Retelling Our Story DT Devarim SCR
I was sitting in my study a few years ago with a couple who had been members of my synagogue for over 35 years. They were recounting a recent experience they had when celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, and it made me think about this week’s Torah portion.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/retelling-our-story
Posted on: 2017/07/21 - 6:28pm
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Shabbat Hazon dt Richard Hirsh
This week’s Torah portion is Devarim, the opening section of the last book of the Torah known in English as Deuteronomy. This Shabbat, however, is known as Shabbat Hazon, after the opening words of the special Haftara reading: “Hazon Y’Shayahu”, “[This is] the vision of [the prophet] Isaiah”.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/shabbat-hazon
Posted on: 2017/07/20 - 10:39am
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The Importance of Re-reading Torah - DT Hirsh
This d’var Torah was written in 2010. Although it refers to some events occuring at that time, its larger message remains deeply relevant. -Ed.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/importance-re-reading-torah
Posted on: 2017/07/14 - 2:20pm
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Making the Epic Personal DT Mas'ey Eron
The Torah portion Mas’ey (Numbers 33:1 – 36:13), which concludes Sefer Bamidbar (the Book of Numbers), brings us to the end of our ancestors’ journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. Forty years have passed since the Exodus. A new generation, born in freedom, has replaced the last generation to experience slavery. This generation has proven itself in battle. It is proud, self-assured, and ready to engage in the struggle to win and hold a new land. It will not be held back by the fears that constrained its parents.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/making-epic-personal
Posted on: 2017/07/14 - 2:08pm
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Matot-Mas'ey: The Inner Journey DT Kligler
Eileh mas’ei v’nei Yisrael asher yatz’u me’eretz Mitzrayim
אֵ֜לֶּה מַסְעֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָצְא֛וּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃
These are the journeys of the Children of Israel after leaving the Land of Egypt
(Numbers 33:1)https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/inner-journey
Posted on: 2017/07/14 - 1:47pm
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How Good It Is - DT Balak Kligler
Mah tovu ohalecha Ya’akov, mishkenotecha Yisrael / מַה טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל
How goodly are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel (Numbers 24:5)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/how-good-it
Posted on: 2017/06/30 - 12:50pm
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Hukat DT Arlene Berger
In Genesis 50:10-11, Joseph observed a seven-day mourning period for his father Jacob, mourning bitterly and loudly. When the Caaanites witnessed this, they observed that the people were holding “a solemn ceremony of mourning.” From this we derive the practice of shiva where we observe a specific period of mourning for those close to us. After the mourning period was over, Joseph and the mourners returned to Egypt to resume their daily lives.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/reacting-loss
Posted on: 2017/06/23 - 5:00pm
