Torah Portion: Parashah

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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. 

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“May all the contracted thoughts and obstacles, all the aversions, the wrestling and judgements cease…”
This painting is part of a series of visual midrash (sacred commentary) on the first Book of the Bible, Bereshit | Genesis.
Inspiration for me / as I struggle to build / a space inside my heart / where holiness can dwell.
Let this be our prayer. Let this be our stand. Let this be our refusal to accept empire as sacred, or militarism as holy.
“Gripped by the desire to decode what we cannot know, we examine each word…”
“Beyond the realm of seven’s creation, / Perhaps it is there…”
“Given any chance, we would never let a mother or a child die…”
“I am comforted by a divine sense of wonder…”

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