As I reflect on this 7th Commemoration of the Mother Emanuel AME Martyrdom where nine Black men and women were killed while in Bible Study, I am going into Shabbat meditation on these questions: If America is a nation โunder Godโ then why since we were brought to her shores […]
Beha’alotcha ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Beha’alotcha (ืึฐึผืึทืขึฒืึนืชึฐืึธโ โ Hebrew for “when you step up,” the 11th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 36th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of […]
Nasso ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Nasso Take up โ ื ืฉื or Naso (ื ึธืฉึนืืโ โ Hebrew for “take a census” or “lift up,” the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 35th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second […]
Bamidbar ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐: Bamidbar In the wilderness โ ืืืืืจ is the fifth overall and first distinctive word in the parashah), is the 34th weekly Torah portion (ืคึธึผืจึธืฉึธืืโ, parashah) in the annual cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of the census and […]