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Readmore: Mem Moment | How We Mourn
Mem Moment | How We Mourn
I know this sounds dramatic, but I’m reading this week’s parashah at my desk and crying. The Torah portion opens with immense detail for a “chukat haTorah” (ritual law) about…
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Readmore: Mem Moment | Holy Disagreement
Mem Moment | Holy Disagreement
We are taught in Pirkei Avot (5:17): “Any disagreement (מחלוקת/machloket) that is for the sake of Heaven will endure in the end. Any disagreement not for the sake of Heaven…
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Readmore: Why I Said Grief at Havdalah
Why I Said Grief at Havdalah
The intentionality of a space is in all the little details: my name, printed on my door, the journal waiting for me on my bed, lunch ready upon arrival. This…
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Readmore: Mem Moment | We Are Stronger Together
Mem Moment | We Are Stronger Together
Parashat Sh’lach “Send” When the twelve spies returned from Canaan, ten of them were overcome with fear. “We were like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and so we were in…
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Readmore: Kibbutz Karmia and My Southern Israel Memorial Journey
Kibbutz Karmia and My Southern Israel Memorial Journey
Our “We Are Israel” group organized a meaningful volunteer day on Friday, May 30th as part of our ongoing commitment to stand with Israel and actively support communities in need.…
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Readmore: Mem Moment | Con-Graduations
Mem Moment | Con-Graduations
Parashat Beha’alotcha “When You Step Up” We are in the season of graduations!!! Middle schoolers get to step into the big leagues, high schoolers are going to find out how…
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Readmore: Mem Moment | The Responsibility of Leadership
Mem Moment | The Responsibility of Leadership
Parashat Nasso “Elevate” In Parashat Nasso, this week’s Torah portion, two seemingly unrelated topics appear right next to one another. The first topic is about giving gifts to the priests…
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Readmore: Mem Moment | Why ‘in the Desert’?
Mem Moment | Why ‘in the Desert’?
Parashat Bamidbar “In the Desert” The Jewish people are deeply intertwined with place, yet we exist in a liminal space between identities – people of the land, people of Jerusalem…
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Readmore: Mem Moment | Who Gives & Who Receives Torah?
Mem Moment | Who Gives & Who Receives Torah?
Shavuot is the holiday where we celebrate receiving the Torah – in Hebrew, Shavuot is also often called Zeman Matan Torah, the Time of the Giving of Torah. It may…
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Readmore: Mem Moment | Be Strong and Be Strengthened
Mem Moment | Be Strong and Be Strengthened
Parashat Behar-Bechukotai This week’s double Torah portion concludes the book of Leviticus, the middle of the Five Books of Moses. Traditionally, after the Torah reader chants the final verse of…
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