Weekly D'rash and Parsha Sukkot Shabbat Chol HaMoed
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This Shabbat is unique because it takes place during Sukkot. The special Torah portion comes from Exodus 33–34, reminding us of the...
Howard Silverman
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Vayeilech
This week we are in the midst of the Ten Days of Awe, a time of heightened awareness of our sins and the need to seek forgiveness from...
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Howard Silverman
- Sep 1, 2021
- 4 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Nitzavim-Vayelech
Everything I know about the Messiah I learned in Deuteronomy and Isaiah. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but I think we get the...
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Howard Silverman
- Aug 25, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Ki Tavo
This week our Torah portion is the beginning of the end of the Book of Deuteronomy. It describes covenant renewal procedures for the...
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Howard Silverman
- Aug 18, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Ki Teitsei
Over the past month we have been engaged in the journey to the High Holy Days. We are taking stock of our lives based on the way of life...
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Howard Silverman
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Shoftim
This week the Torah portion is about the organization of leadership in Israel. It is about the raising up of judges, magistrates, and...
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Howard Silverman
- Aug 5, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Re'eh
Torah ~ Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Haftorah ~ Isaiah 54:11-55:5 Brit Chadasha ~ Matthew 7:24-29 The beginning of this week's Torah portion...
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Howard Silverman
- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Eikev
Torah ~ Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 Haftorah ~ Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Brit Chadasha ~ John 15:1-5 As we journey toward the High Holy Days, many of...
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Howard Silverman
- Jul 22, 2021
- 5 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha V'etchanan
In our Torah portion for this week, Moses gives a series of exhortations to the people to obey the voice of the Lord. In chapters 4 and...
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Dr. Vered Hillel
- Jul 9, 2021
- 4 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Mattot-Massei
Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon...
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Rabbi Russ Resnik
- Jul 1, 2021
- 5 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Pinchas
The First Haftarah of Affliction, Jeremiah 1:1–2:3 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah . . . to whom the word of the Lord came in...
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Howard Silverman
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Korach
This week's Torah portion is called Balak. If we combine last week's portion (Chukat) with this one, we see the constant theme of the...
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Rabbi Stuart Dauermann
- Jun 16, 2021
- 4 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Chukat
In this week’s parasha we meet the pagan prophet Bil’am, hired by Balak, king of Moab, to come and curse Israel, because Balak has heard...
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Howard Silverman
- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Korach
The Book of Numbers teaches us many life lessons. At the beginning of the book, we learn about the value of organization both internally...
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Howard Silverman
- Jun 1, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Shelach
Strength and power are attributes of tyrants and heroes. They can be used to destroy and to deliver. This week the Torah portion is about...
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Howard Silverman
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Beha'alotcha
Each week, the liturgy of our Shabbat morning service is a dramatization of the covenant at Sinai. We are reminded of our calling, the...
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Howard Silverman
- May 20, 2021
- 2 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Nasso
This week's Torah portion continues the theme from last week of getting prepared for the wilderness journey. The overall theme is that...
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Howard Silverman
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Bamidbar
This week our Torah portion begins the Book of Numbers. The Hebrew name is Bamidbar which means "In the Wilderness". It is the story of...
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Howard Silverman
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Behar-Bechukotai
This week's d’rash is written in memory of Betty Smith who has reached the goal of walking in the presence of the Lord. Our d’rash this...
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Howard Silverman
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
Weekly D'rash and Parsha Emor
This week’s D’rash is written in honor of Claire Schultz on the occasion of her upcoming Bat Avraham This week, our Torah portion...
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