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Parashah of the week: Pekudei

“The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, corresponding to their names; engraved like seals, each with its name, for the twelve tribes” Exodus 39:14

By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor

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The High Priest's Breastplate (image: The Temple Institute, Jerusalem)

Model of the Tabernacle in Israel's Timna Park (Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Vayakhel

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

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Moses with the Tablets of the Law, Rembrandt (Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Ki Tissa

By Rabbi Benjy Morgan

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The Tabernacle in the wilderness (from the 1890 Holman Illustrated Bible/Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Tetzaveh

By Rabbi Paul Freedman

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Parashah of the week: Mishpatim

By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor

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Parashah of the week: Beshallach

“Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Hashem” Exodus 15:1

By Rabbi Benjy Morgan

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Moses and Miriam singing at the Red Sea, Rubens, 1620 (Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Bo

“Moses said, ‘Thus says the Eternal One: Toward midnight I will go forth among the Egyptians…’” Exodus 11:4

By Rabbi Paul Freedman

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Supermoon, or perigee moon, rising behind Mount Wilson Observatory in California in 2024 (Photo: Getty Images)

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Parashah of the week: Va’era

“Yet Pharaoh hardened his heart and he did not heed them, as Hashem had said” Exodus 7:13

By Rabbi Miriam Lorie

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Aaron's rod turning into a serpent at the court of Pharaoh (Phllip Medhurst Collection of Bible Illustrations/Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Shemot

“When she opened it, she saw that it was a child, a boy crying. She took pity on it and said, ‘This must be a Hebrew child’” Exodus 2:6

By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor

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The finding of Moses by Pharaoh's daughter, Lodewijk Toeput, late 16th/early 17th century (Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Vayechi

“Come together that I may tell you what is to befall you in the end of days” Genesis 49:1

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

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Jacob blessing his sons on his deathbed, Adan van Noort, late 16th-mid 17th century (Metropolitan Museum of Art/Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Vayiggash

“For your servant guaranteed for the lad, to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him to you, I will have sinned to my father for all time’.” Genesis 44:32)

By Rabbi Benjy Morgan

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Judah conversing with Joseph in Egypt, James Tissot, France, late 19th-early 20th century (Jewish Museum of New York/Wikimedia Commons_

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Parashah of the week: Mikketz

“When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognised them, but he acted like a stranger toward them” Genesis 42:7

By Rabbi Paul Freedman

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Parashah of the week: Vayeshev

“After a time, his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, ‘Lie with me’. But he refused” Genesis 39:7-8

By Rabbi Miriam Lorie

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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by Guido Reni, 1631 (Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Vayishlach

Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; let what you have remain yours” Genesis 33:9

By Rabbi Dr Harris Bor

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The glass half empty - or half full (Image: Getty)

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“And Jacob made a vow, saying: ‘If God remains with me, protecting me on this journey that I am making, and giving me bread to eat and clothing to wear, and I return in peace to my father’s house… then, the Lord shall be my God’” Genesis 28:20-21

By Rabbi Natasha Mann

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I shall be like the dew, God tells Hosea (photo: Luc Viatour/Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Toldot

“And Isaac again dug the wells of water which they had dug in the days of his father, Abraham” Genesis 26:17

By Rabbi Benjy Morgan

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Isaac at the well (Providence Lithograph Company, 1906/Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Chayei Sarah

“Rebecca lifted her eyes and she saw Isaac. She alighted from the camel” Genesis 24:64

By Rabbi Paul Freedman

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Rebecca meets Isaac, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c1640, depicted on a horse rather than a camel (Wikimedia Commons)

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Parashah of the week: Vayera

“Early next morning Abraham took some bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar. He placed them over her shoulder, together with the child, and sent her away” Genesis 21:14

By Rabbi Miriam Lorie

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