Life is a journey, not a destination – these words of Ralph Waldo Emerson resonate with the narrative of the Torah, which devotes 4 books to the description of the journey through the wilderness and concludes on the cusp of the Israelites entering the Promised Land. The fact that we start reading Torah from the […]
Re’eh
[maxbutton id=”6″ url=”https://polishjewsreviving.org/ree/” ] Beit Warszawa, 30 August 2019 – The portion ‘Re’eh’ is one of those composite ones towards the end of the Torah where Moses is trying to cram in several themes at the same time. Some are, from our point of view, pleasant and uplifting, some are violent and threatening. When he […]
Ree
[maxbutton id=”5″ url=”https://polishjewsreviving.org/reeh/” ] Beit Warszawa, 30 sierpnia 2019 – Parasza Ree jest jedną z tych naszpikowanych różnymi wątkami porcji Tory, w których Mojżesz próbuje upchnąć jednocześnie kilka różnych motywów. Niektóre są – z naszego punktu widzenia – miłe i podnoszące na duchu, zaś niektóre brutalne i groźne. Kiedy Mojżesz zaczyna od powiedzenia: „Patrz, położyłem […]
Everyone is Equal in the Face of Death
Thoughts on Parasha Va’etchanan [maxbutton id=”6″ url=”https://polishjewsreviving.org/wszyscy-rowni-wobec-smierci/” ] At the beginning of this week’s Torah portion Moses asks the Eternal to let him enter the Promised Land. God does not cave in to his pleas, the only thing He offers him in exchange is a suggestion for Moses to climb to the top of mount […]
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