by Kim Troup | Aug 11, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
Remember the Sabbath Day Tisha B’Av (the 9th of Av Fast Day) is over and we look ahead. There is a spirit of optimism in the air, regardless of anything else that may be happening in the news or elsewhere. After the weekly Torah portion, we read Chapter 40 of...
by Kim Troup | Jul 28, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
A leader can and should admit his mistakes The book of Leviticus is dedicated primarily to instructing us in the various sacrifices that are brought in the Tabernacle and, later on, in the Temple, as well as other instructions pertaining to the work of the priests and...
by Kim Troup | May 19, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
God’s Covenant with His People will Never be Broken “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase… I will give peace in the land.”...
by Kim Troup | May 12, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on email Email Share on print Print A Day of RestThis week’s portion opens with the laws of the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee. The first section describes the Sabbatical...
by Kim Troup | Apr 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Each year, and for thousands of years, Jews celebrate the Holiday of Passover with a special Seder meal, reminiscent of the final meal in Egypt just hours before the Exodus. But the Jewish seder is full of traditions, Biblical and post-Biblical texts, matzah, wine,...
