by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields The fulfillment of the mitzvah of the four species of Sukkot requires us to hold together either fruit or branches from four different species of trees – the date...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields In the days leading up to Yom Kippur, we are supposed to be engaging in self reflection – cheshbon hanefesh – and analyzing how we want to change....
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Ozen (Alef, zayin, nun), which means ear, is the root of Ha’azinu, the name of the Torah reading which will be read this coming Shabbat, Shabbat Shuvah. We must truly use...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech includes some of my favorite verses in the Torah. “You stand this day, all of you, before the Lord your God… to enter into the covenant...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Towards the conclusion of Parashat Ki Tavo, we read, “You have seen all that God did before your very eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his courtiers and...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields The maftir portion, the final aliyah for this week’s Torah reading, Parashat Ki Teitzei is the same maftir reading for Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat before Purim, verses...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Parashat Shoftim has many important lessons for all people, and specifically for Am Yisrael, the people of Israel. The name of the Torah reading, Shoftim,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields We read in Parshat Eikev, “For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams and springs and fountains issuing from plain and hill; a land...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields This Shabbat, we read the double Torah reading of Matot-Masei, which concludes the Book of Numbers, Sefer Bamidbar. The children of Israel, B’nai Yisrael,...
by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields Although the story of Korach and his rebellion, and being swallowed up by the earth was in the Torah Reading several weeks ago, in this week’s Torah Reading, Parashat...
