Yitro

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Yitro: A Joint Project

Rabbi Jay Kelman

What kind of book is the Torah and who is it meant for? Rashi begins his commentary to the Torah, with the supposition that the Torah is primarily a legal book instructing the Jewish people how to lead their lives. This is the…
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What Happened at Sinai? Revelation and its Interpreters

Dr. Elliott Malamet

Join us for a fascinating analysis of the revelations of Sinai, just in time to prepare for Shavuot! Mincha at 7:45 pm, program to follow.
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Yitro: Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And Yitro, the priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moshe, heard all that G-d did for Moshe and to Israel his people, that G-d had taken the Israel out of Egypt" (Shemot 18:1). Of course, Yitro was not the only one who heard all that G-…
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Yitro: Day of Rest

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The aseret hadibrot present two very different reasons why we are to keep Shabbat. In parshat Yitro, it is “because in six days, G-d made the heaven and the earth, the sea and all that is in it; and He rested on the seventh day” (Shemot…
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Yitro: Nine Commandments

Rabbi Jay Kelman

This week's d’var Torah is sponsored by Dr. Charles and Nathalie Piwko in observance of the yahrzeit of Charlie's mother, ob”m, and in celebration of the bar mitzvah of their children, Jeremy and Imanuel. Mazal tov to the extended family. It is…
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