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The Gift of Hallah

Jul 1, 2016 By Reuven Greenvald | Commentary | Shelah Lekha

If you鈥檙e a hallah baker, like I am, you know that all your measuring, kneading, and hours of checking on rising dough are totally worth it when, after the hamotzi at the Shabbat table, your family and friends let out a collective 鈥渁aah.鈥� When that fluffy, sweet piece of bread melts in their mouths, they know it鈥檚 really shabbes.

God-naming

Jan 8, 2016 By Reuven Greenvald | Commentary | Va'era

鈥淎nd God spoke to Moshe, and [God] said to him: I am YHVH. I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzhak, and to Ya鈥檃kov as El Shaddai, but by my name YHVH I was not known to them鈥� (Exodus 6:2鈥�3).

When God shifts from using the ancient El Shaddai (usually translated as 鈥淕od Almighty鈥�) to YHVH, meaning, 鈥淚 will be what I will be,鈥� the divine-human relationship becomes more intimate.