by Kim Troup | Nov 17, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
Hebron is significant! This week’s Torah reading opens with the death of Sarah, the wife of Abraham, in Hebron (Genesis 23). Abraham mourns his wife and then immediately goes about the business of burying her. He approaches the Hittites, the native residents of...
by Kim Troup | Sep 29, 2022 | Shabbat Shalom
A House of Prayer for all PeoplesDeuteronomy 31:11-12 records a very special commandment: “Read this Torah before all of Israel in their hearing. Assemble the people, men and women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns that they may hear and...
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 Elyshia Johnson | Jun 27, 2022 | Reflections from Israel, Uncategorized
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Celebrating a Jewish Wedding Many tourists who have visited Israel and have never been exposed to Jewish customs before, find themselves “dropping in” on a Jewish wedding if there is a wedding taking place in their hotel. And they...
