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Tag: Ten Commandments
Binding Love and Loss
Amalya Volz (JTS RS '24) explores Parashat Yitro through the binding of love and loss and the people of Israel's relationship with God.
Rabbi Amalya Volz
February 1, 2024
JTS Senior Sermon
Learning
Birkat Yeladim: Blessing Children
Read more on how to preform Birkat Yeladim, the blessing over our children, and where the blessing and practice come from.
Reena Bromberg Gaber
January 31, 2024
Blessings
Erev Shabbat
Charlton Heston Speaking
We can learn about leadership from Moses, as well as from Charlton Heston speaking, as he plays Moses in the Ten Commandments movie.
David Harrison
January 31, 2024
Holidays
Learning
What are the Shavuot Torah Readings About?
Rabbi Mitch Berkowitz explains the meaning of the Torah passages that we read on Shavuot and the connection to revelation and the harvest.
Rabbi Mitchell H. Berkowitz
June 3, 2022
Observing Shavuot
Shavuot
The Shabbat Prohibitions
Shabbat comes with specific limitations. These Shabbat prohibitions help us create a separation from the rest of the week.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Michael Katz
May 16, 2022
Observing Shabbat
Shabbat
What is Shavuot about?
Like Sukkot and Passover, Shavuot is a multi-dimensional holiday, embracing profound historical, spiritual, and agricultural aspects.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Alan Lucas
April 25, 2022
Shavuot
Shavuot Explainers
Shabbat Candles and the Beginning of Shabbat
Shabbat begins with the lighting of candles, in part, because they are symbolic of the spiritual light that Shabbat can bring into our lives.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Michael Katz
April 20, 2022
Erev Shabbat
Shabbat