by Rabbi Margie Cella In this week’s parashah, God gives very specific instructions regarding the garments that Aaron and his sons will be required to wear while serving as the spiritual leaders...
by Rabbi Margie Cella Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. In this week’s parashah, God gave to Moses all the instructions for the construction of the tabernacle and its...
by Rabbi Margie Cella In this week’s parashah, we find some of the specifics of the covenant that God is establishing with the nation of Israel. The parashah lists 53 of the 613 mitzvot in...
by Rabbi Margie Cella Parashat Yitro is named for Moses’ father-in-law, who visited Israel in the desert, praising God and bringing a sacrifice when he heard about all that God had done to redeem...
by Rabbi Margie Cella Parashat Beshalach tells the dramatic story of our liberation from Egypt, and the parting of the Red Sea; the Israelites pass through on dry land, escaping Pharaoh and his army,...
by Rabbi Margie Cella Parashat Bo continues the story of the Exodus, beginning with the description of the final three plagues: locusts, then darkness, and, finally, the death of the firstborn. God...
by Rabbi Margie Cella Parashat Vaera continues the story we know so well from its annual Pesach seder retelling. The battle of wills between God and Pharaoh begins: Moses tells Pharaoh...
by Rabbi Margie Cella This week we begin the second book of the Torah, which tells the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Parashat Shemot describes the origins of our slavery at the hands of a cruel and despotic...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This week’s Torah reading, Parashat Vayechi, completes the book of Genesis, Sefer Bereshit. Jacob blesses his sons, as well as his grandsons Ephraim and Menasseh, Joseph’s...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This week’s Torah reading, Parashat Vayigash, tells the story of Joseph reconciling with his brothers. It is very common to have people in our lives who we need...
