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#oz #dorothygale #netzavim #nitzavim #devarim #seferdevarim #parshacommentary #wordshavewings #parshapoetry #theresnoplacelikehome #moses #deuteronomy #vayelech #parshatvayelech Welcome to Parshat Nitzavim, one of the two parshiyot we read this week, which contains a series of especially poignant messages. This is an edited re-post of something I posted in 2020. Moshe, the great teacher and leader, sees his end approaching and perhaps it is for this reason that these messa

#elul #august #latesummer #summerwaning #earliersunsets #latersunrises #tiredflowers #seferdevarim #parsha #kiteitzei #parshatkiteitzei #parshathashavua #intersections #intersectionsoftime #intersectionsofmeanings #deuteronomy #wordshavewings #parshapoetry Asking forgiveness from Parshat Ki Teitzei for not writing about its many important mitzvot this week. Below you will find a few posts from the past on Parshat Ki Teitzei. Tiny Tales of Kindness (2025) is my favorite beca

#parshatshoftim #shoftim #peopleofthebook #devarim #seferdevarim #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #deuteronomy #reading #books #torah Hi Everyone, If you would rather read a poem rather than this week's post about Jewish books, please consider opening these past posts on Parshat Shoftim. Be a Tree is one of my favorite posts and I would post it every year if I could! The Gardener equates the qualities of a gardener with the qualities of a leader. Since this post is about rea

#naso #nazir #bracha #blessings #blessing #birkathakohanim #sotah #bamidbar #bookofnumbers #parshapoetry #wordshavewings This week, in the strange Parshat Naso, we read about the Sotah and the Nazir and then the parsha concludes, as though with an afterthought, with the immensely important priestly blessing. יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ {ס} יָאֵ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה ׀ פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃ {ס} יִשָּׂ֨א יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁל

#Behar #parshatBehar #shemita #Vayikra #wordshavewings #parshapoetry This week we read two Parshiyot to complete the book of Vayikra. Behar and Bechukotai are uncomfortably paired to deliver a powerful lesson as we leave the "Book of the Kohanim" behind. The book concludes with a demand to let the land rest every seven years, followed by a special fiftieth year involving not only agricultural rest but the release of slaves and debts. This section is followed by a short list

#dina #jacob #deena #yaakov #vayishlach #genesis #breisheet #parshathashavua #parshapoetry #poetry #rape #silence #voice Dear Readers, I...

#isaac #jacobandesav #jacobandesau #birthrite #runbrotherrun #heel #biblicalpoetry #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #breisheet #yinandyang...

#thepoem #haazinu #devarim #seferdevarim #parshathaazinu #endings #beginnings #poetry #parshapoetry "Put this song in their mouths," it...

#talkingdonkeys #parshatbalak #balaam #balak #parshapoetry Parshat Balak highlights the idea of prophets and prophecy in a most unusual...

#hair #sotah #nazir #Naso #parshatnaso #bamidbar #parshah #hairaspower #hairascreativity #redheads #parshapoetry #absalom Long ago, many...

#letitgo #canyou #canyouletitgo #bechukotai #vayikra #parshapoetry #poetry This poem, "Let it Go," was inspired by a Romemu podcast by...

#refugees #joseph #jacob #jacobandjoseph #vayigash #immigrant #homeland #newhome #adjustments #memory #wordshavewings #parshapoetry...

#mistakes #taptap #withthesehands #thefinalpage #finalcredits #parshatchukat #wordshavewings #moses #aaron #tapinsteadofspeak...

#itsthelittlethings #parshapoetry #pekudei #vaayakhel #wordshavewings #cylinders #gears #screws The double Parshiyot of VeYakhel and...

#bshalach #parsha #poetry #wordshavewings #thesongofthesea #crossingthesea #parshapoetry #poetry #commentary This coming Shabbat we...