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Behar – Bejukotai 5777 – English

Rabbi Gustavo Kraselnik Congregacion Kol Shearith Israel In Parashat Behar, the first part of the double portion for this week, we find one of the most revolutionary laws in the entire Torah: Shnat Hayovel, the year of the Jubilee, the fiftieth year.   This year was the culmination (or the beginning, according to some exegetes) …

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Behar – Bejukotai 5777

Los Rabinos de la UJCL escriben sobre la Parashá de la semana Rabino Gustavo Kraselnik Congregación Kol Shearith Israel, Panamá En Parashat Behar, la primera de la doble porción de esta semana, encontramos una de las leyes más revolucionarias de toda la Torá: Shnat Haiovel, el año del Jubileo, el año cincuenta. Este año era la culminación (o el …

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Vaikrá 5777 – English

Rabbi Gustavo Kraselnik Congregacion Kol Shearith Israel Parashat Va-yikra (“[God] called”) introduces the third book of the Torah, which bears the same name (in English, Leviticus) and leads us through one of the main themes of the ancient religious experience: sacrifices. To the contemporary reader, few rituals are so far removed and alien as the …

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Toldot 5777- English

Rabbi Gustavo Kraselnik Congregacion Kol Shearith Israel In biblical studies, the term “Hapax Legomenon” – from the Greek for “said once” – is applied to those words that only appear once throughout the entire text (there are technical discussions about this) and thus may be difficult to comprehend correctly.  Across the entire Bible, there are …

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