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Devarim, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 – Parashat ha Shavuah for Saturday, July 17, 2021
This Shabbat we begin the Book of Deuteronomy (Sefer Devarim) and on Saturday night we begin Tisha b’Av where we remember the destruction of the First and Second Temples. Deuteronomy is different from the other books of the Torah. It is Moses retelling of the story of the Exodus from Egypt, the revelation at Sinai […]
From the President – July 16, 2021
As we slowly and cautiously emerge from this pandemic I have been thinking about COVID silver linings. I know it’s a reach. What can possibly be good about this past year and a half? Well, I will try to list some things. I think we have learned a lot about ourselves, our tenacity, our creativity, […]
Matot-Masei, Numbers 30:2-36:13 – Parashat ha Shavuah for Saturday, July 10, 2021
This week we end the Book of Numbers (Sefer Bamidbar). This section of our Torah chronicles almost the entire wandering of the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai, hence its name in Hebrew, Bamidbar (in the wilderness). The generation that experienced slavery and liberation has died off and a new generation of free people, whose […]
From the President – July 9, 2021
It’s summer and not much is happening at Temple Beth Hillel, right? The religious school is on summer break and the next major holiday is still a couple months away, right? Well, not really-especially this year. We have seated a new board. We celebrated a Bar Mitzvah, a new baby just joined or will soon […]
Parashat Pinchas, Numbers 25:10-30:1 – Parashat ha Shavuah for Saturday, July 3, 2021
We live in a time of profound problems. Climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, structural flaws in our society from racism, to sexism, to structural inequalities in health care, education, housing and employment all can feel overwhelming. Further, the forces of inertia, both economic and political, make these problems seem unsolvable. What can any one of […]