Va’Etchanan – 5780 Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11 This week’s parasha contains some of the biggest moments of Torah: a recap of the Ten Commandments, the Shema and the V’Ahavta are all here! Usually, rabbis can’t stop writing about the various layers of wisdom woven throughout these passages, and I am no exception. However, this year, […]
Devarim – 5780 Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22 George Bernard Shaw once quipped: “For those who can’t do, teach.” Since the moment he first uttered these words (if not earlier), many westerners have judged teachers as those who failed to succeed at their chosen professions – as if teaching itself was not a noble and […]
EASY ACCESS TO FORMS Below you will find links to all necessary forms used to monitor children’s participation in Temple Beth Ami Nursery School. Required Health Forms Health Inventory Immunization Certificate Click here for Maryland State Vaccination Requirements for TBANS Children Blood Lead Testing Certificate Emergency Form Additional Health Forms – Complete if applicable […]
Mattot/Masei – 5780 Numbers 30:2 – 36:13 The moment had arrived. Assembled near the Eastern bank of the Jordan river, their forty years of wandering almost complete, our ancestors began preparations to finally enter and settle the Promised Land. What a surprise it must have been for Moses when a delegation from Reuben and Gad, […]
Pinchas – 5780 Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 This week’s Torah portion has a lot of anger. That is, as Rabbi Pamela Wax teaches (1), five different expressions and types of anger are woven into the parasha, and in essence, serve as a unifying theme. Here are just three: The portion opens with a murder, […]
Videos for the High Holy Days! 2020/5781 Thank you for participating in these unprecedented High Holy Days. As you know, we will be online this year, and with your help, these videos will create special moments during our High Holy Day services. Please reach out to Joshana Erenberg with any questions you may have regarding […]
Chukkat/Balak -5780 (for our new and departing board members) Numbers 19:1 – 25:9 Let’s talk about miracles. When we think about miracles, we tend to think of God, but in Chukkat, it is Moses who performs the miracle. Here is the story: Miriam (Moses’ sister) was a water diviner, and for close to forty years […]
Korach – 5780 Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 Torah teaches us to speak truth to power, to challenge authority for the sake of a greater good. Contrary to so many other ancient traditions, which equated disagreement with disloyalty, and often punished it with death, both Abraham and Moses are able to successfully challenge God. Even more, […]
