by susan-adm1n | Oct 7, 2022 | Midrash HaZak
Photo Credit: flickr.com/photos/mricon/8922711 Ha’Azinu: Poetry, Prose and Passing Time Rabbi Stephen Axinn Governor Mario Cuomo of New York once quipped that “we campaign in poetry but govern in prose.” However, for Moses, that adage worked in reverse. How so?...
by susan-adm1n | Aug 16, 2022 | Midrash HaZak
Credit: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buff_Bill’s_Circus Parashat Ekev Rabbi Arnie Samlan Ekev, the third reading in the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), is a continuation of Moses’ farewell address to the Israelite nation poised to enter the Promised...
by susan-adm1n | Aug 9, 2022 | Midrash HaZak
Photo by Rabbi Susan Elkodsi Va’Etchanan: Rav Lach, It is enough for you Rabbi Janet Madden, Ph.D Parshat Va’Etchanan opens with Moshe’s recounting to the new generation of Israelites that he pleaded with the Holy One to allow him to enter the Land of Israel. He...
by susan-adm1n | Jul 29, 2022 | Midrash HaZak
Parashat Massei: The Journal of the Journeys Rabbi Ron Isaacs In 1960 I spent the summer at Camp Ramah in Canada. Advertised as a Hebrew-speaking camp, it was my first summer away from home. I decided to document my 8-week summer by keeping a diary which I still have...
by susan-adm1n | Jun 16, 2022 | Midrash HaZak
Miriam and the women dancing at the Red Sea, depicted on a mural at the Messianic Society Cemetery in Jerusalem. (Zeevveez/Flickr) Parashat Beha’alotekha: Lessons from the Elders Cantor Sandy Horowitz At the start of the Covid pandemic, those of us over age 55 were...
by susan-adm1n | Jun 9, 2022 | Midrash HaZak
Photo Credit: Flickr.com/photos/cpasqueretta/9487584047 Shelach Lecha: Scouting Out Our Futures by Rabbi Laura Geller Parashat Shelach Lecha begins at a moment of transition. The people have come to the edge of Canaan, the Promised Land. God tells Moses to send 12...
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