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, […]

Shelach Lecha – 5780 Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 In Shelach Lecha God tells Moses to send twelve scouts to the Promised Land, so that they can bring back a report. The scouts return and say that the land is rich with “milk and honey,” but ten of the twelve go on to say that it […]

BeHa’alotecha – 5780 Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 This is the week everything changes. The first ten chapters of the book of Numbers are about the pageantry and grand preparations for our great national journey of uplift. No longer will we be on the path from oppression in Egypt. No, midway through chapter ten we start […]

Naso – 5780 Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 For as long as I can remember, we Jews have spoken about the importance of Tikkun Olam, of repairing the world. When we began to look at how broken the world is and worried that it was too much to handle, we (quoted the rabbis and) said, “We […]

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