Cantor Lizzie Weiss and others from Temple Emanuel
Cantor Lizzie Weiss and others from Temple Emanuel
Cantor Lizzie Weiss and others from Temple Emanuel
Rabbi Ruditsky writes about the beauty of human creativity and the partnership with God in constructing the Mishkan.
Rabbi Buchwald addresses insights regarding the Tabernacle, as addressed in Truman, Tetzaveh, Vayakhel, Pekudei, and part of Ki Tessa. He cites Moses Mendelssohn, who wrote about the full array of human creativity, craftsmanship, and skills involved in the building of the Tabernacle, without which no community can survive.
One of the most famous phrases in the Torah makes its appearance in this week’s parsha. It has often been used to characterise Jewish faith as a whole.
The Purim story is relevant to American Jews today in the themes of charges of dual loyalty, and marriage outside of Judaism. Contemporary political leaders continue to argue that Jews can’t be trusted if they are loyal to Israel and the threat of assimilation is ongoing.
Chaplain and Cantorial Soloist Mitzi Schwarz has joined the Jewish Community of Ojai clergy staff.
Rabbi Ruditsky cites Rabbi Sacks in his article, stating that the Jews received their Law before their land. Therefore, when they lost their land, they retained their identity. Rabbi Ruditsky develops the concept by discussing the meaning of “a holy nation”, observing that “being holy” doesn’t mean “being perfect”, but about behavior ongoing.
The reader typically is awestruck by the appearance of the Angel in the heart of the fire, and the Voice of God being revealed to Moses. From that voice comes Moses’s life’s purpose. In God’s commanding Moses to lead the people out of Egypt, all the strands of Moses’s painful past are tied into a cord
Join Hazzan Ken Cohen and some of America’s most talented up and coming cantors as they take a memorable musical tour through Broadway’s most beloved songs.
Rabbi Ruditsky compares ya’shir — they will sing — to ya’shar — they will go straight. From this, he derives the concept that the Israelites will look forward to tomorrow, seeing their freedom directly in front of them. The Song of the Sea is about tomorrow. The parashah doesn’t promise that there will never be another Pharaoh, nor that the world will be free from hatred, but it teaches that we should look forward, not backward.