Rebekah’s Choice ─ Toldot

Joe Nalven – September 29, 2022   Rebekah’s Choice ─ Toldot   Summary[i] Toldot ─ Genesis 25:19 – 28:9   Isaac prays on behalf of Rebekah for a child and it was answered. The twins in Rebekah’s womb, Jacob and Esau, struggle within her. Rebekah asks God why she is...

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Dvar Torah – Chukat Numbers 19:1–22:1

Chukat  Numbers 19:1–22:1 Dvar by Joe Nalven, June 23, 2018  The Red Heifer Puzzle  Summary[i] Moses and Aaron are told the ritual of the Red Heifer and commanded to tell it to the Children of Israel. The ashes of the Red Heifer purifies those who have been contaminated by contact...

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D’var – Ha’azinu – Joe Nalven

Ha’azinu [Listen]  Deuteronomy 32 DVAR  /   Shabbat Shuvah   /   September 21, 2017 by Joe Nalven            For the last several years I’ve given a dvar on Shabbat Shuva. Each year I take a different direction.           Last year, I considered the various ways that we can read Deuteronomy 31, verse...

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Dvar by Joseph Oppenheimer

Dvar by Joseph Oppenheimer, July 8, 2017, at the Beth Israel Minyan marking the 77th anniversary of his bar mitzvah Shabbat shalom! I feel blessed to be here today to celebrate with this minyan and my family and friends the 77th anniversary of my bar mitzvah. The world is a far...

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