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Torah Portion & Candle LightingChosenness: Doesn't It Imply Superiority?
February 9, 2012 - Rabbi Danielle Stillman | "If you will obey Me faithfully and keep My covenant you shall be My treasured possession among all the peoples. Indeed, all the earth is Mine, but you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."  |
The Shorter Way May Not Be Best After All
February 2, 2012 | | This week's Torah reading begins with a rather astounding verse: "Now when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines because it was nearer" (Exodus 13:17). |
Softening Hard Hearts? Portion Provides a Clue
January 26, 2012 - Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell | | We live in the space between birth and death, between death and birth. For some, the span between our entrance into and our departure from the world is brief. |
Divine Power Is Absolute, but Humans Do Matter
January 19, 2012 | | Beginning with last week's Torah portion and continuing through this week's and those to follow, the story of the Exodus is full of miraculous wonders -- we read, in particular, this week of the first seven of the Ten Plagues -- a dramatic escape and an awe-inspiring finale at the Sea of Reeds. |
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