Torah Talk
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Ekev 5770


  This week, what you get when you "keep" the combination of "covenant" and "loyalty" -- or, more precisely, what you get when God keeps them.

 

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Va-etchanan 5770



   This week, a look at the Commandments -- make that "The TEN Commandments."

   

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Devarim 5770


   This week, as we begin the book of Deuteronomy, God inserts a footnote!  A look at the many voices in this week's reading.

  

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Mattot-Massei 5770


   This week, a very Christian-sounding idea in the book of Numbers.

  

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Pinchas 5770


   Who was Cozbi's father Zur, and why do we care?

  
   

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Balak 5770


   In this week's episode -- Balaam: hero or villain?

  

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   This week's addition music comes from Boston Zamir's CD "The Majesty of Holiness" (http://www.zamir.org/cds/912.html).

Hukkat 5770



   The mystery of the "red heifer" -- and why it appears in Numbers 19, not in Exodus or Leviticus.

  

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Korah 5770


  This week, Korah's Rebellion, or "What's in a Name?"

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Shelach Lecha 5770


   Sometimes it's a good idea to go to the place God tells you ... and sometimes it isn't.

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  This year's summer shalishides series will begin at 5 PM on June 12th.
  I seem to remember that we read the story of David and Bathsheba last summer -- so we'll pick up at 2 Samuel 12.

Beha'alotcha 5770


   What did God want Aaron to do with the Levites -- and why?

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