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Category: Torah asides

Structure and Blessing

October 21, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

Short note on a connecting root shared by birah and berakha.

Faith Resources from Gender Spectrum

October 1, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

Among the many useful resources at Gender Spectrum, is this set of responses to "clobber passages" in sacred text, Jewish and Christian. https://www.genderspectrum.org/articles/faith-resources-clobber

What God Has Twisted: Sukkot Addendum

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

"Who can straighten what God has twisted?" The Book of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), which many communities read during the Shabbat of Sukkot or at other points during the festival, tells us: Consider God’s doing! Who can straighten what [God] has twisted? So in a time of good fortune enjoy the good fortune; and in a time … Continue reading What God Has Twisted: Sukkot Addendum

Experiment 5782

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

Not sure where this is going, but launching a new set of Torah explorations with Haazinu, near the end of Deuteronomy, and looking back/ahead to Breishit, at the start of the reading cycle. While the writing is mine, the thoughts are informed and inspired by Tzedek Chicago Torah study, a weekly on-line communal dive into … Continue reading Experiment 5782

Haazinu (Deut 32:1-52)

September 20, 2021 ~ vspatz ~ Leave a comment

"Haazinu" means something like "Give ear!" The Torah portion, Haazinu is comprised of Deuteronomy 32:1-52, and most of it is set as poetry. This makes the penultimate portion of Deuteronomy, which closes out the desert story, a kind of bookend to the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15:1-18), which marks the crossing over into the … Continue reading Haazinu (Deut 32:1-52)

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