Tezave (You Shall Command) – Exodus 27:20 – 30:10

by Katie Eacrett | Feb 22, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Welcome to the ordinary days of life around the tabernacle. This portion conveys the importance of consistency. Serving G-d, maintaining relationships, or developing a new habit all must be built on a foundation of consistency....

Trumah (Offering) – Exodus 25:1 – 27:19

by Katie Eacrett | Feb 15, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print “And you will be a tabernacle for me, and I will dwell among you…” In Portion Trumah the Children of Israel begin to assemble articles for the tabernacle. The individual donations gave each person a personal connection to the...

Mishpatim (Laws) – Exodus 21:1 – 24:18

by Katie Eacrett | Feb 8, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print After the adventures of Genesis and the highs of Mt Sinai, portion Mishpatim leads us to lists of detailed, often boring laws. Why is this? Why does the Torah jump from the exciting to the mundane? Life, like some Torah portions,...

Yitro (Jethro) – Exodus 18:1 – 20:23

by Katie Eacrett | Feb 1, 2024 | Shabbat Shalom, Shmuel Shabbat Shalom

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print In this week’s Torah portion, Yitro, the Children of Israel meet a nation who will haunt them for centuries: Amalek. Israel had no resources, land, or prior acquaintance with Amalek. Yet Amalek hated Israel, their God and...

The Hypocrisy of the International Community

by Katie Eacrett | Jan 30, 2024 | News from the Land

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print January 30, 2024Sondra Oster Baras At the conclusion of World War II, the world learned of the horrors that the Nazis had inflicted upon the Jewish people — the massive round-ups of Jews throughout Europe, imprisoning them in...