Shabbat Shuvah Torah Reading
By 91快播 | Collected Resources | Ha'azinu | Shabbat Shuvah | Vayeilekh
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of Return. The Torah portion can vary depending on the timing of the calendar. Ashkenazi Jews readHosea 14:2-10andJoel 2:15-27, whileSephardicJews readHosea 14:2-10andMicah 7:18-20. The first word of Hosea is “Shuvah” (return) and led to the naming of this Shabbat.
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Forgiveness
By 91快播 | Collected Resources | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
much more complex challenge of seeking forgiveness from those who we have wronged. It means reflecting on our shortcomings and forgiving ourselves and reaching out to those we have hurt. These resources provide guideposts on going through this difficult process.
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By 91快播 | Collected Resources | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur
This page explores historical events through the lens of the 91快播 Torah commentaries that reflect a particular event or time. Starting in the 17th Century, sermons started reflecting not just concerns to the Jewish world, but those of the broader society in which Jews lived.[1] In looking back at the ways in which Jewish thought leaders engaged issues around 9/11, immigration, or COVID-19, consider how we continue to feel the impacts of these events and issues today and how our thinking has shifted.
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By 91快播 | Collected Resources | Va'era | Vayera | Rosh Hashanah
Both of the Torah readings for Rosh Hashanah are taken from Parsha Vayera. The first day reading tracks the birth of Isaac, the exile of Hagar and the subsequent saving of Ishmael. The Akedah or Binding of Isaac is read on the second day.
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91快播 High Holiday Webinars 2022
Join 91快播 in preparing for this 5783 High Holiday season with two meaningful and enriching sessions.
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Shavuot Learning
EXPLORE THESE SOURCES FROM SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS AT THEJEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY TO ENRICH YOUR SHAVUOT EXPERIENCE. These nine images are part of one illumination that depicts Moses receiving the law. It comes from a 15th Century Manuscript, The Rothschild Mahzor, which is part of 91快播 Special Collections. You can learn more here about the image […]
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Your God is My God
With these words, Ruth takes on Naomi’s religion. Ruth is emblematic of the process of becoming a Jew and these texts illuminate both her model and others of conversion. TEXT Love for All (Judith Hauptman): The commandment to love the stranger as yourself as a connection to conversion at Sinai Video Insight on Conversion from […]
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Gleanings
鈥淩uth came and gleaned in a field, behind the reapers, and as luck would have it, it was the piece of land belonging to Boaz, who was of Elimelech鈥檚 [Naomi鈥檚 late husband鈥檚] family鈥 (Ruth 2:3). Text Leftover Scraps (Julia Andelman): Using Millet’s painting, The Gleaners, to highlight the mitzvah of leaving the corners of fields and […]
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