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Tag: Relationship with God
How to Forgive (Kol Nidrei)
When the time of Yom Kippur is upon us, we talk a lot about forgiveness. Saying "sorry" is easy—how do we forgive?
Rabbi Sarah Freidson
November 5, 2023
High Holidays
Holidays
Secret Sins
Moshe charges the people to renew the terms of their covenant with God before entering the land, necessary for sins committed in secret.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 9, 2023
Parashat Ki Tavo
Parashat Ki Tavo Dvar Torah
Like Grass
We define ourselves by our covenant, by the terms of our relationship with God. It goes in cycles like grass—growing, dying, growing again.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Shoftim
Parashat Shoftim Haftarah
A Conduit of Blessing
In this parashah, Moshe prepares the people for their entry into Israel, extolling the conduit of blessing that they are about to conquer.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Eikev
Parashat Eikev Dvar Torah
Moshe the Mother
In this week’s parashah, we see a depiction of Moshe the Mother as he pleas with God to enter the land of Israel with the ...
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Va'etchanan
Parashat Va'etchanan Dvar Torah
Study Guide: Ejection Born from Rejection
The study guide for parashat Devarim looks at the story of the twelve spies, in the books of Devarim and Numbers, and connects a midrash.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Devarim
Parashat Devarim Study Guide
The Boiling Point
In these weeks leading up to Tisha B’av, we read a passage of Jeremiah, overflowing with water imagery and see the boiling point.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 30, 2023
Parashat Masei
Parashat Masei Haftarah
Spare the Rod
This week's parashah, Chukat, focuses on the story of Moshe hitting the rock, choosing not to spare the rod, to get water.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Chukat
Parashat Chukat Dvar Torah
Study Guide: Do As I Mean, Not As I Say
Korach led a rebellion against Moshe (and Aaron). Ahead of the incense trial, Korach gathers the congregation against Moshe and Aaron.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 28, 2023
Parashat Korach
Parashat Korach Study Guide
Disputation Without Denigration
Korach and his followers, a rebellion undermining the leadership of Moshe and Aaron, teach about disputation without denigration.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 28, 2023
Parashat Korach
Parashat Korach Dvar Torah
Humanity: The Incurable Illness
The haftarah for Bechukotai is from the book of Jeremiah and discusses two words, Eikev and Enosh, and what these words mean.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 28, 2023
Parashat Bechukotai
Parashat Bechukotai Haftarah
Perspective
Our haftarah starts bold and bloody, and connects the destruction in Amos to the destruction in the story of Noah and the flood.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 19, 2023
Parashat Kedoshim
Parashat Kedoshim Haftarah
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
On Shame
Connected Parashat Shemini's Haftarah, in Ezekiel, Bex Stern Rosenblatt explores the intersection of shame, guilt, and embarrassment.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 26, 2023
Parashat Shemini
Parashat Shemini Haftarah
Unwanted Offerings
This week's haftarah explores human sacrifice. While the Tanakh seems to be mixed about it, God may command human sacrifice in this haftarah.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 19, 2023
Parashat Tzav
Parashat Tzav Haftarah
In God’s Shadow
Parashat Pekudei describes the construction of the Mishkan in accordance with the specific instructions given by God to Moshe.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Pekudei
Parashat Pekudei Dvar Torah
Hopping Between Two Branches
This week's Haftarah parallels the parashah's discussion on God. The Israelites face more attractive gods but return to God, in the end.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 22, 2023
Parashat Ki Tisa
Parashat Ki Tisa Haftarah
Study Guide: A Cosmic National Sign
This week's study guide explores the relationship between God and the Israelites, in the Israelites keeping the Sabbath for God.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 22, 2023
Parashat Ki Tisa
Parashat Ki Tisa Study Guide
Mortality and the Generations
Ezekiel is rather similar to Moses. Both of them serve God and Israel outside of the land of Israel. This week's Haftarah explores that.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 19, 2023
Parashat Tetzaveh
Parashat Tetzaveh Haftarah
Study Guide: The Royal Table
This week's parshah discusses instructions for building accessories for the Mishkan, the Tabernacle. This includes a lavish, gold table.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 13, 2023
Parashat Terumah
Parashat Terumah Study Guide
The Furnished Ark
Our parashah describes the creation of the Mishkan, especially the ark, holding the tablets, manna, Aaron's staff, and oil.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 13, 2023
Parashat Terumah
Parashat Terumah Dvar Torah
Parashat Mishpatim Haftarah: Freedom
The greatest story of our tradition is a story about freedom. This week's Haftarah from Jeremiah explores freedom and our choices.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 5, 2023
Parashat Mishpatim
Parashat Mishpatim Haftarah
The Baby in the Brick
Our parashah describes a puzzling episode, following the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai when elders of Israel envision God.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 5, 2023
Parashat Mishpatim
Parashat Mishpatim Dvar Torah
Encountering the Shema: 7 Questions
Rabbi Mordecai Miller reflects on the Shema with 7 questions: Throughout my life, I’ve tried to understand what this sentence really means.
Rabbi Mordecai Miller
January 25, 2023
Every Day
Liturgy
A Spiritual Exercise
After leaving his father's home, Jacob dreams of God and experiences prayer for the first time. Learn about living in dialogue with God.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 27, 2022
Parashat Vayetzei
Parashat Vayetzei Dvar Torah
Pushback
In the haftarah for Parashat Toldot, the Book of Malachi describes a dialogue of pushback between God and the people of Israel.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 17, 2022
Parashat Toldot
Parashat Toldot Haftarah