talya
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Living our History
One of the things I find so special about our traditions is that, throughout the year, we live our history.* In this way, when, on Pesach, we say “we were slaves to Pharoh in Egypt,” we FEEL we were. According to tradition, the first day of Elul, the last month of the Jewish year, is…
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Breaking the Chains
Isaiah 58:6 After all, this is the fast I would choose:To open the unlock fetters of wickedness,And untie the cords of the yokeTo let the oppressed go free;To break off every yoke. הֲלוֹא זֶה צוֹם אֶבְחָרֵהוּ פַּתֵּחַ חַרְצֻבּוֹת רֶשַׁע הַתֵּר אֲגֻדּוֹת מוֹטָה וְשַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חׇפְשִׁים וְכׇל־מוֹטָה תְּנַתֵּקוּ׃ Ingredients per snack: Tools: Instructions: 2.…
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Renewing the Covenant, for all Time
I previously wrote about how, at Sinai, everyone there became a part of the covenant. Thus, just like we are all called “Yehudim” becuase the largest majority of us was from the tribe of “Yehuda,” we are all the “Children of Israel” because that was the majority. But it was NOT the entirety. By the…
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The Entire Community, Entering Into the Covenant Together
Leader, elder, law officer, man, baby, woman, woodchopper, waterdrawer Deuteronomy / Dvarim 29:9 You are all standing today before Hashem your G-d, your tribal leaders, your elders, and your law officers; every man of Israel, אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם כֻּלְּכֶם לִפְנֵי ה אֱלֹקיכֶם רָאשֵׁיכֶם שִׁבְטֵיכֶם זִקְנֵיכֶם וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶם כֹּל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ 29:10 your children, your women, and…
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Moshe Gazing Over at the Land of Israel
Deuteronomy / Devarim 34:1 (translation largely copied from JPS) And Moshe went up from the steppes of Moav to Mount Nevo, to the summit of Pisgah, opposite Jericho, and G-d showed him the whole land: Gilad as far as Dan; וַיַּעַל מֹשֶׁה מֵעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב אֶל־הַר נְבוֹ רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי יְרֵחוֹ וַיַּרְאֵהוּ ה אֶת־כׇּל־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַגִּלְעָד…
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Sing a Song!
Deuteronomy /Devarim 32:1 Let the heavens listen (lit. “give ear”) and I will speak, and the land will hear that which I say (lit. “the words of my mouth”). הַאֲזִינוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וַאֲדַבֵּרָה וְתִשְׁמַע הָאָרֶץ אִמְרֵי־פִי׃ Ingredients as Shown: TO MAKE A SHABBOS STASH VERSION, SUBSTITUTE O-SHAPED CEREAL FOR THE OLIVES, AND MORE PRETZELS FOR…
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Plowing
Deuteronomy / Devarim 22:10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey together. לֹא־תַחֲרֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר־וּבַחֲמֹר יַחְדָּו׃ Normally we do not depict what NOT to do… with this snack I am making an exception. If you believe it will teach the wrong lesson, HAVE YOUR KIDS PICK MATCHING ANIMAL CRACKERS and point it out deliberately.…
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Strawberry King
Deuteronomy / Devarim 17:14 When you come to the land which G-d, your God, is giving to you, and you inherit it and settle it, you may say “I will put a king above me, as have all of the nations around me.” כִּי־תָבֹא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְיָשַׁבְתָּה בָּהּ וְאָמַרְתָּ אָשִׂימָה…
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King Holding Torah
Deuteronomy / Devarim 17:14 When you come to the land which G-d, your God, is giving to you, and you inherit it and settle it, you may say “I will put a king above me, as have all of the nations around me.” כִּי־תָבֹא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְיָשַׁבְתָּה בָּהּ וְאָמַרְתָּ אָשִׂימָה…
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Tzedaka Box
Deuteronomy 12:1 These are the laws and the regulations that you are to take care to observein the land that G-d, the God of your fathers, has given you to inherit all the days that you live on the land: אֵלֶּה הַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְרוּן לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן ה’ אֱל-הֵי אֲבֹתֶיךָ לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ כׇּל־הַיָּמִים…