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...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Beha’alotcha begins with the lighting of the menorah, the seven lamps which provided light in the Tabernacle. The priests, kohanim, tended to the...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Nasso discusses the second census of the Levites. We read about the gifts that were given for the final dedication of the Tabernacle, the Mishkan, the...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Shavuot is one of my favorite holidays – because we stay up all night and study and then when you take a nap the next day, no one can complain that you are sleeping, because...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Bamidbar begins the fourth book of the Torah, the book of Numbers, Sefer Bamidbar. The Children of Israel have been wandering in the desert, on their...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This Shabbat, with the reading of Parashat Behar-Bechukotai, we conclude the book of Leviticus, Sefer Vayikra. When we conclude a book of the Torah, it...
