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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Shabbat – 03/06/10 (20 Adar 5770)
For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week’s reading is — Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35). Shabbat Parah is the Shabbat after Purim. The reading recalls the preparation for Pesach (Numbers 19:1-22). Torah Aliyot and Topics Aliyah 1: … Continue reading
Posted in Parsha
Tagged Exodus, Golden Calf, Jewish, Judaism, Ki Tisa, Parsha, shabbat, Shabbat Parah, Sinai, Ten Commandments, Torah
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“Chapters On Jewish Literature” – Chapter 24
Original file: here. AMSTERDAM IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Manasseh ben Israel.—Baruch Spinoza.—The Drama in Hebrew.—Moses Zacut, Joseph Felix Penso, Moses Chayim Luzzatto. Holland was the centre of Jewish hope in the seventeenth century, and among its tolerant and cultivated people … Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged Amsterdam, Chapters On Jewish Literature, Jewish, Judaism, Literature
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Site Updates 02/28/10
Updated the YouTube page by adding a video to the Biblical Hebrew: Bereishit playlist. Updated the Weekly Torah Portion page by adding information about this coming week’s (March 6) reading.
Happy Purim! (5770-February 28, 2010)
Purim (which means lots) is a Rabbinic celebration that occurs on 14 Adar (in February or March). Purim is one-day holiday that celebrates the victory of Esther and Mordechai over the evil Haman who plotted to kill the Jews as … Continue reading
Friday Tehillim (02/28/10)
Tehillim 39:1 For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Tehillim 39:2 I said: ‘I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I will keep a curb upon my mouth, while the wicked … Continue reading
Shabbat – 02/27/10 (13 Adar 5770)
For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week’s reading is — Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10). Shabbat Zachor is the Shabbat before Purim. The reading recalls the treachery of Amalekites and the command to blot out their memory (Deuteronomy … Continue reading
“Chapters On Jewish Literature” – Chapter 23
Original file: here. THE SHULCHAN ARUCH Asheri’s Arba Turim.—Chiddushim and Teshuboth.—Solomon ben Adereth.—Meir of Rothenburg.—Sheshet and Duran.—Moses and Judah Minz.—Jacob Weil, Israel Isserlein, Maharil.—David Abi Zimra.—Joseph Karo.—Jair Bacharach.—Chacham Zevi.—Jacob Emden.—Ezekiel Landau. The religious literature of the Jews, so far as … Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged Chapters On Jewish Literature, Jewish, Joseph Karo, Judaism, Literature, Mitzvot, Shulchan Aruch, Yoseph Karo
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Friday Tehillim (02/19/10)
Tehillim 38:1 A Psalm of David, to make memorial. Tehillim 38:2 O L-rd, rebuke me not in Your anger; neither chasten me in Your wrath. Tehillim 38:3 For Your arrows are gone deep into me, and Your hand is come … Continue reading
Shabbat – 02/20/10 (6 Adar 5770)
For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week’s reading is — Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19). Torah Aliyot and Topics Aliyah 1: Exodus 25:1-16 The Tabernacle, The Ark Aliyah 2: Exodus 25:17-30 The Cover, The Table Aliyah 3: Exodus … Continue reading