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Prophecy and the Prophets in Israel

Eikev 5777 / 8 August 2017

Today’s D’var is a D’var NeVuah, rather than a D’var Torah It is A Comment on Prophesy and the Prophets in Israel, rather than on the Torah, itself THE FIRST… Read More

Posted: August 15, 2017 by

A Year with the Gemilut Hasadim Closet

On Wednesday, August 2, a few BZBI congregants and one of our Tikkun Olam leaders, Alyssa Bailkin, gathered in the Spruce Street entrance to open the Gemilut Hasadim Closet. Our Gemilut… Read More

Posted: August 8, 2017 by

Discovering the Hidden Sukkot of Philadelphia

Planning BZBI's First Sukkah Hop

During Sukkot each year, our family goes on a hunt around Philadelphia to find sukkahs.  We wander through Old City (where we spot the sukkah that goes over the sidewalk… Read More

Posted: August 2, 2017 by

Understanding the Conquest of Canaan on Tisha B’Av

5777 Devarim / 29 July 2017

  Today, we start the fifth book of the Torah, D’varim or Deuteronomy.  D’varim, (“words”), reflects the fifth book’s presentation of a series of first-person speeches. The book begins, “These are… Read More

Posted: August 1, 2017 by

Sharing Lessons between Generations

Hukkat 5777 / 1 Jul 2017

Good morning and Shabbat shalom. Today’s parashah, parashat Hukkat, begs interpretation, self-connection, and analysis. Hukkat begins with the complex law of the red calf, whose ashes are said to purify… Read More

Posted: July 6, 2017 by
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