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Tag: Temple
Ensuring the Wall Stands Firm
Tishah B'av reminds us to "be active, even proactive," to ensure the walls of our lives stand firm, just as our ancestors did.
Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks
July 25, 2023
Holidays
Tisha B’Av
Building Walls
This week's haftarah marks the three weeks leading up to Tisha B'av and uses Jeremiah's words to do so, when Israelites are building walls.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Pinchas
Parashat Pinchas Haftarah
Working Behind the Scene
Our haftarah expands on the parasha, limiting priestly work in the mikdash to only the descendants of Zadok.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 25, 2023
Parashat Emor
Parashat Emor Haftarah
Among the Bearded Barley
Parshat Emor describes the Omer offering must be brought on the “day after the Sabbath," the second day of the Passover holiday.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 25, 2023
Parashat Emor
Parashat Emor Dvar Torah
I Need Your Sacrifices After All
This week’s parashah contains God’s instructions to Moshe concerning Aaron’s entrance into the Holy of Holies to achieve atonement.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 17, 2023
Parashat Acharei Mot
Parashat Acharei Mot Dvar Torah
The Perpetual Flame
Parashat Tzav teaches us that in those moments when we don’t feel we have anything to offer, we offer nonetheless.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 19, 2023
Parashat Tzav
Parashat Tzav Dvar Torah
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
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Pekudei
Parashat Pekudei Dvar Torah
Raiders of the Lost Ark
In the film Raiders of the Lost Ark, archeologist Indiana Jones vies to recover the Ark of the Covenant, featured in this week’s parashah.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Vayakhel
Parashat Vayakhel Dvar Torah
Nothing But Radish Oil
This week’s parashah opens with God’s instructions to Moshe concerning the oil used for lighting the Menorah in the Mishkan.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 19, 2023
Parashat Tetzaveh
Parashat Tetzaveh Dvar Torah
Love and the Building of the Temple
Building Solomon’s Temple was perhaps the greatest feat ever of Jewish architecture. This week's haftarah explores this more.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 13, 2023
Parashat Terumah
Parashat Terumah Haftarah
Golden Bowls and Grand Concepts
In making sense of details we begin to construct the grander concept and we realize we are in the presence of something bigger.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Miketz
Parashat Miketz Haftarah
Hanukkah: History and Context
What is Hanukkah's historical context? What does it actually commemorate? Who was Judah and the Maccabees?
Rabbi Alan Lucas
,
The Observant Life (Book)
November 30, 2022
Hanukkah
Holidays
Understanding the Flood
In the wake of the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple, God explains that God has not in fact abandoned Zion.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 24, 2022
Parashat Noach
Parashat Noach Haftarah
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
Yom Kippur Musaf Service
The Yom Kippur Musaf Service includes two services: the Avodah service and the Martyrology service. Musaf follows Yizkor and Torah reading.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
,
The Observant Life (Book)
October 4, 2022
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