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Torah Thoughts – Nasso – Numbers 4:21-7:89 – “Celebrating One Hundred Years of Scouting in WNY”
As a child I always hated packing up my sleeping bag. It was big and fluffy and somehow had to be shoved into a bag so small it could barely carry crackers. I would roll it and reroll it and…
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Torah Thoughts – Shavuot – Exodus.19.1-20.23 – “I’m Not Leaving, I’m Expanding”
In a recent post on “My Jewish Learning,” by Rabbi Sara Laufer about the Book of Numbers (Thanks Bob Kanner!) she describes a comic strip by Mari Andrew featuring “two identical drawings of a woman, holding a suitcase, staring at…
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Torah Thoughts – Numbers.1.1-4.20 – Bamidbar – “Choosing to Be Counted”
This Shabbat we have a very unusual double Bat Mitzvah. Shea and Bryn are two best friends who are celebrating their big day together. But that is not what makes it so unusual. What is particularly noteworthy is that each…
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Torah Thoughts – Behar-Bechukotai – Leviticus.25.1-27.34 – “The Blessing of Old Fruit”
Fruit in Israel is different than the fruit we are used to in Western New York. Instead of apples and oranges, there are thick, yellow pomelos that look from the outside like giant grapefruits, but inside are sweet and juicy. …