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Illness and Connection - DT SCR Metzora
It was one of those difficult weeks where nearly every day I received a phone call about either a sudden death in the community, or someone who had just discovered one form of cancer or another and was struggling with the “Why me?” question and the fear of death staring them in the face. It was also a week where I was reminded nearly every day of why Judaism places so much emphasis on the power of community as the foundation of our religious identity.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/illness-and-connection
Posted on: 2017/04/24 - 4:39pm
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Life, Death and Holiness -- DT Acharei Mot / Kedoshim SCR
This piece was written in 2002, during the second Intifidah. While the circumstances in question have changed, the teaching that emerged from them remains relevant today.
Tears and hope, fears and resolve, profound sadness and fierce determination – that is the mood in Israel this week. How ironic that this week’s double Torah portion is called “Akharey Mot/Kedoshim”, which translates as “After death — Holiness.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/life-death-and-holiness
Posted on: 2002/05/01 - 12:00am
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An Eye For An Eye? DT Emor Kligler
וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן מ֖וּם בַּעֲמִית֑וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה כֵּ֖ן יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ׃ שֶׁ֚בֶר תַּ֣חַת שֶׁ֔בֶר עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֥ן מוּם֙ בָּֽאָדָ֔ם כֵּ֖ן יִנָּ֥תֶן בּֽוֹ׃
V’ish ki yiten mum ba’amito, ka’asher asah ken ya’aseh lo: shever tachat shever, ayin tachat ayin, shen tachat shen. Ka’asher yiten mum ba’adam, ken yinaten bo.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/eye-for-an-eye
Posted on: 2017/05/05 - 11:34am
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It's Not Fair DT Emor SCR
“It’s not fair!” I heard a child yelling at his playmate on the synagogue playground the other day. “It’s not fair!” And it reminded me how fundamental our innate sense of fairness and ethics truly is.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/its-not-fair
Posted on: 2017/05/05 - 11:40am
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Bamidbar - Everyone Counts - Kligler DT
Se’u et rosh kol adat B’nei Yisrael… / שְׂא֗וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ כָּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Take a head-count of the entire community of the Children of Israel… (B’midbar 1:2)https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/everyone-counts
Posted on: 2017/05/18 - 11:07am
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Shavuot DT SCR
Revelation is a tricky thing. For Moses it took place at age 80 while standing in front of a burning bush. For Abraham it was in Haran at age 75 when he heard the voice of God telling him to take a different path from his ancestors and become a blessing to all the families of the world.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/revelation-gift
Posted on: 2017/05/26 - 11:56am
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Are We There Yet DT Behaalotcha Kligler
שוַיְהִ֤י הָעָם֙ כְּמִתְאֹ֣נְנִ֔ים רַ֖ע בְּאָזְנֵ֣י ה׳
Va’yehi ha’am k’mit’onenim ra b’oznei YHVH.
The people took to complaining bitterly before YHVH (Bamidbar 11:1)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/are-we-there-yet
Posted on: 2017/06/02 - 9:09am
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Healing the Crushed Spirit - Shlakh Lekha DT Kligler
וַנְּהִ֤י בְעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ כַּֽחֲגָבִ֔ים וְכֵ֥ן הָיִ֖ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
Va’nehi b’eineinu kachagavim, v’chen hayinu b’eineihem
We looked like grasshoppers to ourselves, so we certainly must have looked that way to them. (Bamidbar 13:33)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/healing-crushed-spirit
Posted on: 2017/06/09 - 10:42am
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Putting Aside Fear for Courage - DT Shelakh SCR
The signs of a spiritual renaissance are all around us. Candidates are increasingly running for public office while openly touting their religious pedigrees as “believers” and even “born again” men and women. The shelves in bookstores throughout the country are filled with the latest books on finding your spiritual path, discovering the meaning of life, embracing the light of spirituality and often understanding the most esoteric ancient mystical teachings in three easy lessons.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/putting-aside-fear-courage
Posted on: 2017/06/09 - 10:47am
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Who Was Korakh DT Lewis Eron
During the forty years in the wilderness, Moses faced a number of challenges to his leadership. Some arose out of our ancestors’ sense of loss and deprivation. Others centered on issues of policy. The most threatening of these challenges, however, was the constitutional crisis brought about by Korakh’s attempt to supplant both Moses as political leader and Aaron as High Priest.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/who-was-korakh
Posted on: 2017/06/14 - 8:22pm
