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Rabbi Akiva’s gift to a ghost
“You shall teach your children diligently” (Deuteronomy 6:7). Rabbi Akiba traveled from town to town in Israel, teaching the Torah, judging cases, settling disputes, offering wisdom and listening to the stories of his people.
Chabad-Lubavitch of CNY to celebrate Shavout
Jewish educational outreach organization Chabad-Lubavitch of Central New York will begin its celebration of Shavuot this year with a “Bridge the Generations Ice Cream Party and Reading of The Ten Commandments” event.
Southold man’s ‘second lifetime,’ second bar mitzvah
Howard Eilenberg of Southold spent his 83rd birthday in style on Saturday, May 5, by celebrating his second bar mitzvah at North Fork Reform Synagogue in Cutchogue. “Howard is 83 going on 13,” said the congregation’s student Rabbi Bethie Miller. Because the Torah describes the normal human lifespan as 70 years, 83-year-olds are sometimes considered [...]
Josh Fleet: Parshat Behar-Behukotai: Weekly Torah Portion Summary, Questions, Resources
When you come to the Promised Land, the earth should rest. A Shabbat to God. Sow your fields for six years. Prune your vineyard for six years. Gather the produce for six years. In the seventh year, give it a rest. A Shabbat to God.
All the Torah news fit to print
The first issue of Torah Tidbits - the weekly "parsha pamphlet" produced for the Anglo community by the Orthodox Union's Jerusalem center - appeared in 1992 in two Jerusalem synagogues. It was a single piece of paper with a dvar Torah on one side and announcements on the other.
Bar mitzvah number two for Southold octogenerian
Southold resident Howard Eilenberg spent his 83rd birthday in style on Saturday, May 5, celebrating his second bar mitzvah at the North Fork Reform Synagogue in Cutchogue. “Howard is 83 going on 13,” said the congregation’s student rabbi, Bethie Miller. Because the Torah gives the normal human lifespan as 70 years, 83-year-olds are sometimes considered [...]
Don’t worry, be happy
Each year on Yom Kippur, we read lines from this week’s Torah portion that teach us about appropriate observance during this High Holy Day. And within this reading we find the defining line, “It shall be a Sabbath of Sabbaths for you, and you shall afflict yourselves [v’initem et nafshotaichem]; it is an eternal decree” (Leviticus 16:31). Although we are not eating or doing anything that affirms ...
Synagogues slowly expanding inclusion to those with emotional, mental disabilities
On a recent Sunday, Ayla Watson celebrated her bat mitzvah. Ayla, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other behavioral difficulties, ascended the bimah and recited the Torah reading for Rosh Chodesh, the new month.
Josh Fleet: Parshat Tazria-Metzora: Weekly Torah Portion Summary, Questions, Resources
If a person is found to have real tzara'at, his clothes should be torn, his hair should be grown and he should act otherwise like a mourner. He should cry out: "I am ritually impure! I am ritually impure!" Over and over.
More than skin deep
Yuck, skin disease! This has been the cry of many a bar and bat mitzvah student when informed that this week’s Torah portion will be their Torah reading on their big day. I empathize with them, for I have had the same reaction in preparing this column.
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