Ta Shema: Living on the Fringe
A talk about what we can learn about tzitzit.
Got a Light? - A Sermon on the Menorah from Parashat B’ha-alot’cha
Our parasha B’ha-alot’cha begins with the lighting of the Menorah. What can we learn from these verses? Bamidbar, chapter 8, in the Complete Jewish Bible version reads: ADONAI said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to cast their light forward, in front of the menorah.'" Aharon did this: he lit its lamps so as to give light in front of the menorah, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe. Here is how the menorah was made: it was hammered gold from i
