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Shabat Najamu – Parashat Vaetjanán – English

Shema Israel Adonai Elohenu Adonai Echad. Hear (understand), O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.       (Deut. 6:4)  Six words sum up the essence of Jewish identity.  Six words, recited twice each day (in the morning and at night) to reaffirm who we are.  Six words that enclose stories of faith, martyrdom and …

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Shabat Najamu – Parashat Vaetjanán

Devarim – Deuteronomio  3:23-7:11 Los Rabinos de la UJCL escriben sobre la parashá de la semana Rabino Gustavo Kraselnik Congregación Kol Shearith Israel Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá Shemá Israel Adonai Elohenu Adonai Ejad. Escucha (comprende) Israel, Adonai es nuestro Dios, Adonai es uno.      (Deut. 6:4)  Seis palabras resumen la esencia de la identidad judía. Seis …

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Shabat Jazón-Parashat Devarim-English

Devarim-Deut. 1:1-3:22 Rabbi Daniela Szuster B´nei Israel Congregation Costa Rica   This week we start reading the fifth book of the Torah, the book of Devarim.  This book is particularly noted for delving into several themes and events told in the previous books of the Torah.  That is the reason this book is called Deuteronomy in English, which …

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Shabat Jazón – Parashat Devarim

Devarim-Deut. 1:1-3:22 Los Rabinos de la UJCL escriben sobre la parashá de la semana Rabina Daniela Szuster Congregación B´nei Israel Costa Rica         Esta semana comenzamos a leer el quinto libro de la Torá, el libro de Devarim. Una característica muy peculiar de este libro es que desarrolla un recorrido de varios temas y …

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Parashat Matot-Masei – English

Bemidvar – Numbers 30:2 – 36:13  Rabbi Joshua Kullock Kol Hakehila Guadalajara, México One of the subjects most interesting to our tradition is speech and its effects.  Unlike those who support a vision of language as a tool to describe reality, in Judaism language is understood as the creator of reality.  God creates the world through speech, …

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Parashat Pinjas – English

Bemidvar –Nmmbers 25:10-30:1 Rabbi Mario Gurevich Beth Israel Synagogue – Aruba Almost forty years since the departure from Egypt.  The people have definitely changed.  They are no longer the freed slaves who clamored for food, moaned for water, and prayed to return to Egypt.  This generation, born in the wilderness, is hardened, strong, aware of …

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