*Disclaimer: In the next weeks, I begin a series covering concepts in Judaism. It is not exhaustive, but it is meant to go over in a general way what are Jewish beliefs and where they are found in the Hebrew bible (What Christians call the “Old Testament”). These articles are for education purposes only. If …
ABRAHAM’S TENT 5779 | Week #3: What is the Talmud?Read More »
*Disclaimer: In the next weeks, I begin a series covering concepts in Judaism. It is not exhaustive, but it is meant to go over in a general way what are Jewish beliefs and where they are found in the Hebrew bible (What Christians call the “Old Testament”). These articles are for education purposes only. If …
ABRAHAM’S TENT 5779 | Week#2: What Are The Hebrew Scriptures?Read More »
*Disclaimer: In the next weeks, I begin a series covering concepts in Judaism. It is not exhaustive, but it is meant to go over in a general way what are Jewish beliefs and where they are found in the Hebrew Bible (What Christians call the “Old Testament”). These articles are for education purposes only. If …
ABRAHAM’S TENT— 5779 | Week#1: The Jewish Concept of MessiahRead More »
This week’s portion is called Nitzavim or ‘All those standing’ (here) (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20). John LudemannDir. Rel. Ed and History https://kolchesed.org/
This week Moses charges us to be true to our eternal marriage to G-D. John LudemannDir. Rel. Ed and History https://kolchesed.org/
This week we move from Justice of people to how we are to care for the planet. The portion is called “Ki Teitzei” or “When you go (forth)” (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19). John LudemannDir. Rel. Ed and History https://kolchesed.org/
In this week’s portion we look at Justice and Judges or Softim in Hebrew (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9). In the last weeks we have looked at how we as individuals should apply the Torah in Eikev and how we are to see the evidence of that application in Re’eh. This week we now move to the communal …
ABRAHAM’S TENT | Week #43 Softim: Justice, Inside and OutRead More »
This week’s portion is the second of two that speaks to our generation. The first was last week’s “Eikev” (if we follow): how we put the Commandments into actions of compassion and mercy. This week we “Re’eh” (To See): to judge what we perceive in the world by the Torah (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17). John LudemannDir. Rel. …
ABRAHAM’S TENT | Week #42 – Re’eh: “See” Your Full PotentialRead More »
This week’s portion is called Eikev, which means “If you follow” in Hebrew (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25). This portion is the second week of the seven weeks of consolation. John LudemannDir. Rel. Ed and History https://kolchesed.org/
This week ends the three weeks of mourning, and begins the first of seven weeks of consolation toward the New Year of the Lunar calendar (Rosh HaShannah). This week’s portion is called Va’eschanan “I implored” (to G-D) in Hebrew (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11). This begins with Moses explaining that he implored G-D to reconsider letting Moses not …
ABRAHAM’S TENT | Week #40 VA’ETCHANAN: Imploring to G-DRead More »
