Beautiful Spiritual Art by Michelle Katz With Strong Loving Hands Yes we are getting very close to the 8th and final day. How can I prepare for this magnanimous event? It is a bit scary, is it not? All of my personal dreams and aspirations, creation of independence, desires to contribute to the greater good …
Miracles: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …
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The Poor Widow’s Offering (illustration by Frederick Goodall) The Portion of Tazriah The portion opens with the ritual laws of a woman who gives birth, but the bulk of the content discusses the identification and quarantine of the metzorah, or leper. Unlike the medical affliction, Biblical tzaraat, or leprosy, can also affect clothing or buildings. Topic 1: …
Beautiful Spiritual Art by Michelle Katz The Red Sea Is Splitting Again It seems like so many of us are waiting to see a miracle on the level of “The Splitting of the Sea.” We hear people saying,” the whole world is too crazy for me to believe. The details are just too overwhelming for …
Splitting the Sea [Painting by Lidia Kozenitzky] Weekly Torah Portion: God And Israel At War This week’s Torah portion begins with the Exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt and ends with the war against Amalek. And war is a theme that runs through this week’s portion in a very interesting way. The portion …
Beautiful Spiritual Art by Michelle Katz Approaching the Unknown As we approach the Seder night 5781, we have two very specific areas of life to ponder. We can look back and remember the most difficult year that our people experienced and simultaneously we can look forward with hope to something that is beyond our intellectual …
Passover: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …
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The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons (illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible) The Portion of Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) This portion is a busy one. It details at length the special service Aaron and his four sons brought in the Tabernacle for the first time, following the seven day period of inauguration. It tells of …
Beautiful Spiritual Art by Michelle Katz Ready to Speak? “Mah Nishtana Halayala hazeh mikol haleilot?” What is different tonight from all other nights? Tonight, Seder Night, is the time when we are more than encouraged to speak. “Kol hamarbeh l’saper b’yetziat Mitzraim, harei zeh meshubach, “ whoever increases the time he speaks about the exodius …
Vayikra: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …
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Root Source Breaks Ground with Christian-Jewish Online Symposium! Shalom! As you have seen over the past few weeks, we were delighted to host this symposium with the Nathaniel Foundation, featuring twelve world class scholars (six Christian, six Jewish) discussing various aspects of the Passover holiday.You can watch all of these lectures that were broadcast live …
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Shalom!
2019 was a great year for Root Source, but (while it’s a little uncomfortable to say the same about 2020 because of Covid-19,) I have to report that 2020 was an even better, FANTASTIC year for us!
Ha’azinu: Rabbi Gedalia Meyer’s Weekly Torah Study Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the …
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Sukkot 2020 (October 2-9, 2020) Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel when they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered booth (known as a sukkah) and …
Who likes to admit that they did something wrong? Most of us have a very difficult time of this all year. Certainly it takes a lot of humility to be able to approach a friend, a spouse, a co- worker and ask for forgiveness for something you did. How do I bring it up? What …
NEW VIDEO: A Song of ThanksPlease take 3:30 seconds to enjoy and share the song.Perhaps we can truly change the world, just by saying Thank You Sorry if it sounds presumptuous, however I recently heard that numerous representatives of Israeli Knesset and Aliyah departments have met to discuss the potential Aliyah of more than 500,000 …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click here!
Congratulations to our Bridgebuilder Yael Eckstein for being included in the Jerusalem Post’s 2020 list of the 50 Most Influential Jews. Her profile there was actually titled Bridge Builder!
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This week’s portion of Haazinu Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52, contains the song mentioned in last week’s portion, which God told Moses to teach the Children of Israel so they would always understand the consequences of their actions. It ends with Moses preparing to die before the people cross into the Promised Land. Topic 1: God’s Kindness to …
NEW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/0u_-1hICSeM I would like to start my personal request for “selichah,” forgiveness by saying to Hashem, “I am so sorry if I got in the way. I thought I knew well enough and didn’t need the guidance and help. I promise to make space for Your leading the way.” I have been blessed …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click …
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What: It is the birthday of the universe, the day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Jewish year. When: The first two days of the Jewish new year, Tishrei 1 and 2, beginning at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1. Rosh Hashanah 2020 begins at sundown on …
RELEASE OF NEW VIDEOA Song of Thanks Please take 3:30 seconds to enjoy and share the song and it’s timely important message with your friends “and it will be (a great “simchah”) when you come to The Land” (D’vraim 26.1). That it is! That it was and always will be. “Hodu La’Hashem Ki Tov, ki …
Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute. We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too. If you’ve never been to the Temple Institute’s website, now’s your chance! click here!
NITZAVIM This week’s portion Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 is one of the shortest in the Torah, with a mere 40 verses (next week’s Vayelech has only 30). Even when the two are combined, which happens most years, they number fewer verses than most other single portions. The verses themselves, however, are longer than those in most …