Each week, we read a different section of the Torah. Sometimes we read stories about our ancestors’ journeys. Sometimes we read details about the ancient Temple or complex lists of laws. Whatever the content, the Torah portion (or parashah) is frequently the basis for discussions and sermons at Shabbat services in synagogue and throughout the week. Torah text has also been the inspiration for many contemporary songs, poems, and prayers.
“It seems like every time I want to write / I can’t / I’m always holding a baby”
For Rainbow Day (when Noah and company left the ark and received the rainbow covenant) and everyday while oil gushes into the Gulf of Mexico
A ritual to recognize and cast away the hardness we have allowed to exist in our hearts
Some people choose to read at their seder tables all or part of this section of Exodus, which tells of the beginning of Israelite slavery
Appropriate at all times and particularly suitable during the week that the chapter of Noah is the Torah portion
The author brings to life the Genesis tale of Sarah, Abraham, and Hagar by locating Sarah and Abraham’s infertility as the central factor motivating the characters’ behavior
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