Los Rabinos de la UJCL escriben sobre la Parashá de la semana Rabino Gustavo Kraselnik Congregación Kol Shearith Israel, Panamá De acuerdo al Sefer Hajinuj (Rabí Aharon Halevi de Barcelona, siglo XIII) Parashat Mishpatim cuenta con 53 de las 613 Mitzvot. 23 son positivas (es decir que se cumplen mediante una acción) y 30 negativas …
By Rabbi Guido Cohen Asociación Israelita Montefiore Bogotá, Colombia. In these past few weeks, the Torah readings challenge us to test our faith and our creativity, and to bring us closer to a text that narrates some events that to the modern mind are difficult to believe. Questions about whether or not the sea …
By Rabbi Dario Feiguin B´nei Israel Congregation, Costa Rica Celebrating unity through music After centuries of anti-Semitism, Crusades, the Inquisition and the Shoah, Pope Francis’ visit to the Synagogue of Rome a few days ago is a very important step in the path towards unity. Something similar happened a few years ago when the Lubavitch …
Los rabinos de la UJCL escriben sobre la Parashá de la semanaRabino Daniel KripperBeth Israel Aruba Esta Parashá, BO, describe los dramáticos eventos que llevaron al fin de la permanencia del pueblo judío en Egipto: las últimas tres plagas (langosta, oscuridad y la muerte de los primogénitos egipcios), y el korban Pesaj, el sacrificio de …
By Rabbi Daniel A. Kripper Beth Israel – Aruba. This Parashah, Bo, describes the dramatic events that led to the end of the Jewish people’s stay in Egypt: the final three plagues (locusts, darkness, and death of the Egyptian first-born) and the korban Pesach, the sacrifice of liberation. The devastating plagues finally work and …
By Rabbi Guido Cohen Asociación Israelita Montefiore Bogotá, Colombia. At the beginning of this week’s Parashah, Moses goes through something that most prophets experience at one point or another: people refuse to listen to him. Part of the frustration in the work of the Prophet lies precisely in the fact that his message is highly …
Los rabinos de la UJCL escriben sobre la Parashá de la semana.Rabino Guido CohenAsociación Israelita MontefioreBogota, Colombia En el comienzo de la Parashá de esta semana, Moshé vive algo que prácticamente todos los profetas en algún momento experimentan: el pueblo no lo escucha. Parte de la frustración del trabajo del Profeta, reside precisamente en que …
Rabbi Gustavo Kraselnik Congregacion Kol Shearith Israel The change in dynasty in Egypt brought as a foreseeable consequence the rearrangement of political alliances. The Israelites, privileged by the overthrown regime became a threat to the future of the nation. Hence Pharaoh’s decision to submit them to forced labor first, and then to attempt to decimate …
Los Rabinos de la UJCL escriben sobre la Parashá de la semana Rabino Gustavo Kraselnik Congregación Kol Shearith Israel, Panamá El cambio de dinastía en Egipto trajo como consecuencia previsible un reacomodamiento en las alianzas políticas. Los israelitas, privilegiados del régimen derrocado, pasaron a ser considerados una amenaza para el futuro de la nación. De …
By Rabbi Dario Feiguin B´nei Israel Congregation, Costa Rica “Jacob’s Berachah” Parashat Vayehi, which means “and he lived”, tell us of the death of Jacob. The patriarch was old, sick and nearly blind, and even so he was able to see his sons with the eyes of his soul. The Torah says he gathered them …
