torah commentary
Rabbi Audrey R. Korotkin
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Hukkat, Numbers 19:1-22:1 At first glance it seems so unfair. In this week’s parsha, Moses loses both his brother and his sister before preparing for his own death. Yet the accounts of their pass...
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Mar 07, 2013 | 0 | 9 |
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Vayakhel Pekudei Exodus 35:1 — 40:38 In the Jewish community, we are used to having fundraising campaigns. It is not something unique to the American scene. One can look throughout Jewish hist...
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 | 12 |
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Ki Tissa 30:11-34:35 Lately, I have been attending church. Perhaps that sounds odd for a rabbi to write. Yet one of my goals for my current three-month sabbatical is to attend as many services...
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Tetzaveh, Exodus 27:20-30:10 Just a few weeks ago, we read Parashat Yitro in which we retell the experience of standing at Mt. Sinai and hearing the voice of God deliver Torah to the people Isra...
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 | 8 |
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Teruma, Exodus 25:1-27:19 What benefit does a person obtain from attending services in his or her synagogue? After all, can’t a person pray anywhere and anytime? This week’s Torah portion, Teruma...
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Mishpatim/Shabbat Shekalim This week, we are celebrating our first Shabbat in February, but since our festivals and holidays are coming early this year, it’s already time to start planning for P...
Jan 31, 2013 | 0 | 11 |
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Yitro, Exodus 18:1-20:23 In this week’s Torah portion, we read that God declares the Jewish people a “kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:6) It comes just before the reading of the ...
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 | 10 |
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Beshalach, Exodus 13:17-17:16 Most of Exodus chapter 15 in this week’s Torah portion is devoted to shirat hayam (the song at the sea). Upon their miraculous deliverance from pursuit by Pharaoh’s...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 | 14 |
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Bo, Exodus 10:1-13:16
This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Bo, describes the final three of the ten plagues that befell the land of Egypt and its people during the Israelites fight for freedom fr...
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Vaera, Exodus 6:2-9:35 Moses was not perfect. This is such a simple statement to make, so easy to understand. “Of course, Moses wasn’t perfect, he was a human being,” you tell me. How could he...
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Shemot, Exodus 1:1-6:1 Moshe was called by G-d to be the leader of Israel, and to take out the Israelites from Egypt. But he objected that the Israelites would not believe him when he would tell ...