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Approach your work with care

March 17, 2023

This week’s Middat HaShavuah, taken from this week’s Torah portion, Parshat VaYakhel, instructs us to approach our work with care. The verse, in its entirety, reads...
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Be compassionate and slow to anger

March 10, 2023

In this week’s parshah we consider what it means for God to be described as “womb-full”; capable of “taking deep breaths”.   The parshah, Ki Tisa, contains the...
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Wear special items to help create holiness

March 3, 2023

This week’s Middat HaShavuah, taken from this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Tetzaveh, instructs us to wear special items to help create holiness. Parshah: תְּצַוֶּה  Key Verse:...
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Be generous

February 24, 2023

This week we read Parshat Terumah.  Terumah means “contribution.”  In this parshah, the people of Israel express a ‘generous heart’ by dedicating time and valuable resources...
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Create fair rules

February 16, 2023

This week’s Middat HaShavuah, taken from this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Mishpatim, instructs us to create fair rules. Parshah: מִּשְׁפָּטִים  Key Verse: וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים...
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Be open to advice from people you trust

February 10, 2023

This week’s parshah – Parshat Yitro – is named after Moshe’s father-in-law the priest of Midian – Yitro.  In this parshah, Yitro says to Moshe, “Listen...
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Take only what you need

February 3, 2023

This week’s Middat HaShavuah, taken from this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Beshalach, instructs us to take only what we need. Parshah: בְּשַׁלַּח   Key Verse: לִקְטוּ מִמֶּנּוּ,...
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Be grateful for your freedom

January 27, 2023

This week, in Parshat Bo, we are reminded about our role as parents in responding to our children’s Jewish questions.  In this parshah, the plagues on...
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Don't harden your heart

January 19, 2023

How many of you used to check out books from the bookmobile? Many of you may not even know what a bookmobile is! I don’t know...