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Tag: Creation
Bright Wings
Parashat Haazinu is the poem that Moshe sings to the people of Israel before he delivers his deathbed blessing, discussing bright wings.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat Haazinu
Parashat Haazinu Dvar Torah
Birth Before Labor
In looking at this week's haftarah, explore the concept of birth before labor, as demonstrated by the concept of labor pains in our stories.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Re'eh
Parashat Re'eh Haftarah
Alone or Lonely?
This Shabbat is Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comforting, so we explore if what it means to be alone or lonely.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Paarashat Va'etchanan Haftarah
Parashat Va'etchanan
Study Guide: For the Land is Mine
The study guide for Behar focuses on the concept of Shmitah, the rest year, and the language used to refer to it.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 26, 2023
Parashat Behar
Parashat Behar Study Guide
Far From the Tree
Tazria takes its name from conception and childbirth. Ilana Kurshan connects this to bearing fruit, both literally and metaphorically.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 29, 2023
Parashat Tazria
Parashat Tazria Dvar Torah
The Builder of the Dwelling
God created the world but it was not complete until a home was made for God. These homes come in the forms of the Mishkan ...
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Pekudei
Parashat Pekudei Haftarah
What is Simhat Torah?
Simḥat Torah means “the joy of Torah” and is the name for the day on which the annual cycle of Torah readings begins and ends. ...
Rabbi Alan Lucas
,
The Observant Life (Book)
October 28, 2022
High Holidays
Holidays
A Trail of Crumpled Papers on the Floor
We learn in Parashat Noach: God comes to appreciate, the problem was not creating human beings, but having unrealistic expectations of them.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 24, 2022
Parashat Noach
Parashat Noach Dvar Torah
Creation Continued
If creation was ongoing but no one observed it, did it actually still happen? Did creation cease when God disappeared?
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 19, 2022
Parashat Bereshit
Parashat Bereshit Haftarah
Study Guide: A Little Less is A Lot More
Study Guide: In the context of Creation, what is the connection between blessing, deficiency, and Shabbat?
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 16, 2022
Parashat Bereshit
Parashat Bereshit Study Guide
The Moon is Always Female
In the beginning, according to God’s original plan, the Sun and the Moon were two who ruled alongside one another. What happened?
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 16, 2022
Parashat Bereshit
Parashat Bereshit Dvar Torah
Friday Night Kiddush: The Deeper Meaning
Rabbi Dina Shargel teaches that the Friday night Kiddush sets a mood to welcome Shabbat by connecting it to Creation and to the Exodus.
Rabbi Dina Shargel
June 7, 2022
Erev Shabbat
Shabbat