Shmot / Exodus
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Passover/Pesach
Given that Passover is basically ALL symbolic food, I do not (currently) plan to post a ParshaNosh for Shabbat of Passover. I highly recommend a Hillel sandwich! However, I may change my mind…
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Carrying the Torah through the Desert
I want to share what I realized at last week’s Shabbat service. When the Torah service began, we sang, as usual, It happened upon the journeying of the Ark, Moses said, “Rise, Eternal,” and Your enemies were dispersed, and Your foes were put to flight from before You. וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹעַ הָאָרֹן וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה קוּמָה יְהֹוָה…
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Cured Leper Bathing
Leviticus / Vayikra 14:1 And G-d said to Moshe: וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ 14:2 These are the rules for purification from Leprosy. The Kohen comes… זֹאת תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת הַמְּצֹרָע בְּיוֹם טׇהֳרָתוֹ וְהוּבָא אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן׃ 14:3 … [to the afflicted person] outside the camp. And [if the Kohen] sees the leper has been cured from…
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Struggling to find Meaning when learning about Animal Sacrifice
I love studying Torah. I love the layers of meaning in every word, phrase, and sentence. I love that it is a way to try to understand how G-d thinks, to the extent that any human can understand such a thing. Even “boring” parts of the Torah can be meaningful. I don’t really have to…
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Menorah
Torah Pekudei/ פְקוּדֵי Exodus 38:21-40:38 The Mishkan and all of its parts are finally completed! Time to put everything in place and light the Menorah! The Shabbos Stash and Nature’s Nosh this week are almost identical, so I am only making a single post. Exodus 39:32 And all of the work of building the Tent…
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We are All in it Together
Torah Vayakhel / וַיַּקְהֵל* Exodus 35:1-38:20 *merged with Pekudei when not a Jewish leap year Parashat Vayakhel tells the story of donating to and building the Mishkan. I have no brilliant insights this week, just a sort of secondary nostalgia. It was a time when everyone felt they had something to contribute, and everyone was…
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Mishkan (Shabbos Stash)
Torah *Vayakhel / וַיַּקְהֵל Exodus 35:1-38:20 Parashat Vayakhel describes the building of the Mishkan, illustrated in this Shabbos Stash Parsha Nosh. The description is too long to copy, but reading is worthwhile! This project used quite a bit of my Shabbos Stash ingredients, but please feel free to mix and match! Ingredients as shown: Tools:…
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Moshe Rabbeinu Holding the Tablets of the Decalogue
Torah Ki Tisa / כִּי תִשָּׂא : SHMOT (EXODUS) Exodus 30:11-34:35 (link to the text on Sepharia) Exodus 24:12 And G-d said to Moses: come up to me towards the mountain. And be there. And I will give you the stone tablets and the law and the commandments which I wrote in order to guide…
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Moses Holding Tablets
Torah Ki Tisa / כִּי תִשָּׂא : SHMOT (EXODUS) Exodus 30:11-34:35 (link to the text on Sepharia) Exodus 24:12 And G-d said to Moses: come up to me towards the mountain. And be there. And I will give you the stone tablets and the law and the commandments which I wrote in order to guide…
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About Translations
Though I will continue to translate most of the text myself, I thought it would be disingenuous to claim I was doing so for Parashat Tetzaveh, as both snacks consist of making the Choshen, and I no independent knowledge of the meaning of the various stones. As such, I looked at the Sefaria.com Terms and…