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#guests #welcomingguests #parshatvayera #vayera #hachnasatorchim #shabbat #opentents #opentent #feedingothers #hos pitality In Parshat Vayera, Chapter 18 of Genesis, if one follows along closely, one will note that Avraham models the many steps of opening one's home to guests. From the warm greetings, to the speedy preparations of sumptuous food, to serving with grace, making guests comfortable and then seeing them safely on their way, Parshat Vayera offers us sound advice f

#breisheet #lechlecha #parshatlechlecha #avraham #sarai #genesis #parshathashavua #parashathashavua #journeys #downsizing #aging Parashat Lech Lecha is about journeys, but it is also a chance to learn more about the first pivotals figures in our long and storied history. Within these few chapters we discover more about the great Avram and Sarai. From the rabbis we learn about Avram's emunah , his deep belief, but through his actions we also learn about his conviction and co

#babel #parashatnoach #ai #weapons #breisheet #genesis The Torah gives us two portions which bring us fascinating universal stories, which includes the story of Babel, found in Breishheet 11. Here we find humanity along with a new invention, bricks. How amazing to be able to build upward? Adding windows and doors and one has protection from the elements, but look, we can always build better! Higher and higher! Such a temptation to do more and more, using our skills. That ver

#breisheet #parshatbreisheet #seferbreisheet #appalachiantrail #hiking #thejoyofhiking #learning #chevruta #torahlearning #journeys #hiking #communities #limudtorah Happy Parashat Breisheet and welcome to a l Year and another step on the path of Limud Torah (Learning Torah) liiiiiiiiiiiilii iipiililillpp Ll Ll pop ill l pop This is a blog post about journeys and those who journey the hard way, by foot. I hope that you will read into it the parallels of the journey of Torah

#vzothabracha #parshatvzothabracha #seferdevarim #parasha #parashathashavua #simchattorah #torah #finalparsha #endings #endingsandbeginnings This is a post for the final words of Torah that we will read on Simchat Torah next week. _____________________________________________________________________________ V'Zot Habracha. And This is the Blessing. How fitting a title for this, the final parasha of the year; a parasha of blessings, endings and yet, potential. Isn't it intere

#Haazinu #seferdevarim #devarim #parashathaazinu #yomkippur #thegatesofheaven #rain #taanit #masechettaanit #dafyomi #wordshavewings...

Parshat Vayelech finds Moshe completing the writing of a Sefer Torah. On the final day of his life he transfers leadership to Joshua. The...

Parshat Netzavim, a parsha named for the act of standing, places us standing on the edge between Elul and Tishrei. The seasons are...

This is another in a series of posts for each of the different Masechtot of the Talmud. Masechet Horayot is one of the shortest masechtot...

#kitavo #seferdevarim #parashathashavua #parsha #deuteronomy #devarim #parshatkitavo #wordshavewings #bikkurim #thingswegetright #elul...

#kiteitzei #parshatkiteitzei #talesofkindness #chesed #storytelling When I think about Parshat Ki Teitzei I think of kindness, so this...

#dafyomi #avodazara #masechet #dafyomijourney #2020until2025 Hello Friends, This is a Daf Yomi post for Masechet Avoda Zara, but it is...

#parshatshoftim #shoftim #devarim #seferdevarim #Elul. #gardens #garden #vegetablegardens #orchards #vineyards Sefer Devarim continues...

#reeh #parshatreeh #see #abrahamjoshuaheschel #heschel #radicalamazement #whatwesee #seeingforthefirsttime #whatwesee #mahrabumaasecha...

#parshateikev #seferdevarim #eikev #romblaslavski #bread #olives #kezayit #thesizeofanolive #birkathamazon #deuteronomy Soon after we...

Parshat Vaetchanan contains the beginnings of a rule book of how to do Jewish. The Ten Commandments are the basics of the commandments ,...

#parshatdevarim #words #devarim #mosesspeaks #mishnehtorah #orallaw #ourstories #herstory #hisstory #storytelling #thepowerofstorytelling...

#mycelium #fungi #connections #mushrooms #honeymushrooms #forestfloor #oak #forestfloor #ParshatMasai #parshatMatot #seferbamidbar...

#parshatpinchas #pinchas #summer2025 #wordshavewings #seferbamidbar #moshe #moses #gershon #gershonsonofmoses #joshua #desert #theexodus...

Oh, Parshat Balak, you are a wild and crazy parsha! As we continue through Sefer Bamidbar, the stories become stranger and stranger,...

#parshatchukat #chukat #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #bookofnumbers #aaron #moses #miriam #aaronsdeath #miriamsdeath #parshathashavua...

#masechetshevuot #shevuot #oaths #oathsandpromises #modernmidrash #language #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #dafyomi #trust #parshatkorach...

#blue #shlach #shelach #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #parshatshelach #parshatshlach #parshathashavua #wordshavewings #parshacommentary...

#behaalotecha #parshatbehaalotecha #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #foodmemories #memoriesoffood #cravings #foodandmemory Parshat...