by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Ki Tavo begins with the First Fruits Ceremony, which was one of the ways that ancient Israelites, who were farmers, expressed their gratitude to God. The...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Ki Teitzei, provides many different laws to show that we are not only responsible for those we know, but also responsible for animals, our neighbors and those...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields One of the original ideas of why we feel a responsibility for our fellow persons is based on a verse from this week’s Torah Reading, Parashat Shoftim, “Justice,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This week’s Torah Reading, Parashat Re’eh, has a very personal meaning to me, because my father, Dr. Arthur H. Wolintz, died during the week of Parashat...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This Shabbat, August 5, is Parashat Eikev, the third Torah Reading in the Book of Deuteronomy, Sefer Devarim, the final book of the Chamesha Chumshei Torah,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This Shabbat, with the reading of Parashat Matot – Masei, we conclude the book of Numbers, Sefer Bamidbar. When we conclude a book of the Torah, it...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In our Torah reading this week, Parashat Pinchas, we read of the very zealous Pinchas who killed an Israelite man and a Moabite woman because of their very public...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In the double portion of Parashat Chukat-Balak, we read the story of the King of Moav, Balak ben Zippor, hiring Balaam to curse B’nai Israel, the children...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Similar to last week’s Torah reading of Parashat Sh’lach, this week’s Torah Reading, Parashat Korach is also about knowing when to speak out, and not follow...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Sh’lach tells the story of the spies going into the land of Israel, to scout out what the people and area were like, and then report back to Moses what they...
