Bamidbar 5765 — Deep Throat

May 22, 2005

 Thirty two years ago, journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein had clandestine meetings in a Washington DC parking garage with a highly placed source known as “Deep Throat.” Real cloak and dagger stuff—they arranged meetings with signals like leaving a flowerpot in a particular window, or circling the page number of a particular page...
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Behar 5765

May 14, 2005

The Muslims call us Jews “people of the Book.” It’s not a bad description. Look at the elaborate ritual we went through this morning with our book—quoting verses and saying prayers before taking the book out of the cabinet, carrying the beautifully dressed book reverently around the synagogue, people kissing it as it passes...
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Metzora 5765 — Go the priest

April 5, 2005

This shall be the Torah of the leper in the day of his cleansing; He shall be brought to the priest.   …Leviticus 14:2 This week’s Torah portion is called Metzora. The metzora is a person who has been afflicted with tza’ra’at, a kind of skin disease which older Bibles translate as “leprosy.” Metzora often...
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Tzav 5765

March 30, 2005

 And the fat of the beast that dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn by beasts (treifah), may be used in any other use; but you shall in no wise eat of it. ...Leviticus 7:24 Fifteen years ago, Terri Shindler Schiavo was a vibrant and lively 26 year old woman....
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Shemini 5765 — Guilt Trips

March 26, 2005

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; And he said to Aaron, Take a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. …Leviticus 9:1-2 Aaron was told...
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Vayakhel 5765 — Siyum HaShas

February 20, 2005

 Over three thousand years ago, there was a gathering of the Jewish people to study Torah. This week’s Torah portion, Vayakhel, opens with the words: “And Moses gathered all the congregation of the people of Israel together and said to them, These are the words which the Lord has commanded, that you should do them.”...
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