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#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 #theprayerforrain #maymydiscoursecomedownasrain #autumn #clouds Parshat Ha'azinu, Moshe's poem to the people, speaks in the rich language of poetry, and is a final plea to the Israelites to listen (הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ) to the voice of Gd, no matter how undeserving they are of Gd's attention. The parsha calls upon the heavens and earth to witness this fi

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 in the Talmud, and it feels like yesterday that we completed Masechet Avodah Zarah, but here we are again, back at the siyyum table, with another post in Words Have Wings. Masechet Horayot is a short masechet, but it is packed with questions about what happens if an erroneous judgement is made. You can find an overview of the masechet here.

#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...

#nazir #sotah #parshatnasso #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #hair #longhair #vows #vowsandpromises #wine #nowine #willpower #deprivation...

#bamidbar #counting #thecount #census #thecountingparsha #seferbamidbar #numbers #bookofnumbers #thebookofnumbers #chumash...

#vayikra #parshathashavua #sefervayikra #lessonswecanlearn #neverleavelearningbehind This week we complete Sefer Vayikra with a double...

#emor #parshatemor #vayikra #sefervayikra #holidays #jewishholidays #jewishcalendar #rabbinicholidays #shaloshregalim Parshat Emor is...