Rabbi Neil Janes
Ki Tavo
“You shall eat your own issue, the flesh of your sons and daughters” Deuteronomy 28:53
Va'etchanan
“Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die” Deuteronomy 5:21
Torah portion: Chukkat
“The Israelites arrived in a body at the wilderness of Zin on the first new moon, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there” Numbers 20:1
Parashat Hashavuah: Bemidbar
“Assuredly, I will speak tenderly to her and lead her through the wilderness and speak tenderly to her” Hosea 2:16
Shemini
“And Aaron was silent” Leviticus 10:3
Vayahkel-Pekudei
“The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord; every man and woman” Exodus 35:2
Parashat Hashavuah: Yitro
“And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai” Exodus 19:20
Vayechi
“And Joseph fell upon his father’s face and wept upon him and kissed him” Genesis 50:1
This week's Torah portion: Vayetzei
“And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s” Genesis 31:19
Noach
“They said, ‘Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which is in heaven and make for ourselves a name. Lest we be scattered across the face of the all the earth’” Genesis 11:4
We need to change our conversations about Jewish education
Their plight resonates deeply with us all
Knowing how it feels to flee our homes and search for safety means we must help
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