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Just a quick note to send my aloha to everyone. I've b een unable to get back on this site for over 5 months - never been able to find out why!! My daughter and son-in-law gave me a new computer and after that I lost the ability to sign onto this site. I'm so happy to be able to get back in...

I keep reading about the laws of "Shemitah "- it is a Sabbatical year. The land must lay fallow every seven years. Every 50 years (seven years, seven times) is the mitzvah of "Yovel" - the Jubilee year. Is this a seventh year? And, can anyone tell me when the next Yovel is to take place...

Happy Rosh Hashana everyone. My heart is with all of you. B'Shalom, poh

BB or Dauer (or anyone else that knows) - has there ever been a thread on the Song of Songs "Shir Hashirim" - several years ago I read an interview and the Rabbi who was interviewed (can't find his name right now) said it was the "holy of the holies" and I was hooked right then on trying to...

This story just came out in a local paper and I wanted to share it for any that has not seen it. In Sacramento, California a 78 year old man, who survived the holocaust is finally able to go through his bar mitzvah ceremony .... here is part of the story: "A little nervous and plenty excited...

Happy Chanukah to everyone - I have learned so much from the CR forum and especially Judaism, my deepest appreciation to everyone that has shared their knowledge .... this is the first that I will light my own candles and I plan to spend each of the eight days studying at least one value...

last week's parsha Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4 - 36:43) has (in my mind) an interesting connection to a native american story that I love .... the parsha is about the nighttime struggle between Jacob and a mysterious stranger - appears that many agree that the identity of the mysterious stranger...

Just a quick note to say aloha nui, the high holidays are here and I think of everyone .... I continue my studies of the Torah and find each day that I know so little and have such a long ways to go .... what a path of beauty this has become even though my eyes see and my ears hear the...

What a fascinating day .... I read that the 9th of Av was the day of the destruction of the first temple, the destruction of the second temple,and is suppose to be the day of the birth of the Mosiach .... so much connected directly to the temple. I also read that "sinat chinam" (senseless...

I was reading about the new Papal edict issued by Pope Benedict XVI last week approving expanded use of a prayer service that asks "divine help for Jews to overcome their blindness." When I start to believe that the world is coming into a new light of understanding .... something like this...

dauer or bb - can you tell me about Gog and Magog .... I've seen some references to the war of gog and magog and both punishment and redemption .... is this suppose to take place upon the return of the Masiach? Thanks for any insight you can give me .... aloha nui, poh

aloha e bb and dauer - a quick note to say that Mary Douglas's new book "Jacob's Tears: The Priestly Work of Reconciliation" is going to be released on January 15, 2007. The title itself is interesting because it would appear that "reconciliation" will be a key word in the years ahead as we...

Hi - I need some help .... Gigal is one of the three places in which 12 stones were placed, in this case placed by 12 represenatatives of the tribes after crossing over the River Jordan .... I also read "After crossing the Jordan River: "Yahuweh said to Yahuwshuwa 'This day I have rolled away...

The semiholiday of Lag B'Omer is almost here (18th of lyar) (May 16) (33rd day of Omer) .... according to what I read this holiday is also known as the scholars festival because it is associated with the students of Rabbi Akiva and this is the day that Rabbi Shimonbar Yohai died. The article...

so we are going to try and keep all the parshas for Leviticus on one thread and will still cross post to the "tabernacle" thread as we go .... I'm reading a parsha overview by Rabbi Avi Geller which is great fun to read because it really is "lively" and he has a good introduction to the book of...

well we are starting the parshas of Leviticus which should be fun because both Bandit and I have our copies of Mary Douglas's book "Leviticus as Literature" which helps us look at the actual structure of the book itself. In my copy of the Five Books of Moses with commentary by Robert Alter, he...

auwe .... (a sound of happiness or grief .... in this case grief) .... I wrote up a whole piece on the concluding parsha's of Exodus and when I went to submit it, it all disappeared .....perhaps like Exodus itself it ascended and soon will descend back to earth .... the completion of the temple...

If I'm not mistaken this is the last parsha of Exodus (combined VaYakhel and Pekudei) and everything regarding the building of the temple in the wilderness is pulled together .... the term "wise-hearted" is used several times and I still like the description that this is a symbol for a mystic or...

bb - mahalo nui for the reference to both books by mary douglas .... absolutely fascinating and i have much more to read and digest .... here is a short quote from chapter 4 "mountain, tabernacle, body in leviticus 1-7" (it is the preface to the chapter) "rabbi levi said: the upper waters are...

Well this parsha is short but packed with things to consider .... this one is not easy for me to address without thinking of metaphors for the brain, but try I will .... so Moses explains to his father-in-law Jethro all that happened and his father-in-law brings a burnt offering and sacrifice...