Those Who Clean Up Our Shmutz are Important

The Torah portion Tzav (literally “command”) drones on about how sacrifices were performed, how the ashes were cleaned, and even what was worn to clean the ashes. What of that could be relevant in today’s world? Then I read Rabbi Joe Rapport’ dvar Torah “On the Holiness of Shmutz” and Rabbi Jack Paskoff‘s dvar acher “Sometimes Shmutz […]

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You Can Count On It (Ki Tisa)

In this Torah portion, Ki Tisa, the 10 Commandments are written “with the finger of G-d” (Exodus 31:18), the people lose patience waiting at the bottom of the mountain for Moses and build a Golden Calf, Moses breaks the tablets and goes back up for another set. Ransoming the Soul In her dvar Torah Making […]

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