Torah Reflections™

Reflections for the Book of Genesis

• Bereishit: October 2, 2021
  In Relationship with Each Other
• Noah: October 9, 2021
  When Illness Refocuses our Relationships
• Leh Leha: October 16, 2021
  Go Forth
  Where to Look
  Hear Her Voice
• Vayeira: October 23, 2021
  Vayeira – Weiss
• Hayyei Sarah: October 30, 2021
  Hayyei Sarah – Marder
• Toldot: November 6, 2021
  Answers to our Prayers
  A Journey to Wholeness
• Vayetze: November 13, 2021
  Jacob’s Journey
  Grief, Family Strife
• Vayishlah: November 20, 2021
  Visiting
• Vayeshev: November 27, 2021
  Journeying to Sheol, And Returning Again to Life
• Miketz: December 4, 2021
  Healing Power of Tears
• Vayigash: December 11, 2021
  Reconnection
• Vayehi: December 18, 2021
  Reconciliation and Healing
  Visiting

Reflections for the
Book of Exodus

• Shemot: December 25, 2021
  Finding Courage and Strength
  When Feeling Trapped
• Bo: January 8, 2022
  Rhythms and Religious Rituals
• Beshallah: January 15, 2022
  Reflections on Beshallah
• Yitro: January 22, 2022
  In the Complexity of Pain or Illness
  Giving Each Other a Hand
• Mishpatim: January 29, 2022
  Reflections on Mishpatim
• Terumah: February 5, 2022
  Sacred Impermanence (Connecting When we are Vulnerable)
  Precious Offerings (Guidance for When we are Without a Guide)
• Ki Tisa: February 19, 2022
  Sustaining Relationship
  Reflections on Ki Tisa
• Vayak-hel: February 26, 2022
  Life in the Details
• Pekudei: March 5, 2022
  Under the Clouds

Reflections for the
Book of Leviticus

• Vayikra: March 12, 2022
  Reflections on Vayikra
• Tsav: March 19, 2022
  Suffering and Elevation
• Shemini: March 26, 2022
  Reflections on Shemini
• Tazri’a: April 2, 2022
  Sickness and Sin
• Kedoshim: May 7, 2022 (or May 14)*
  For Your Were Strangers
• Behar: May 14, 2022 (or May 21)*
  Giving Each Other a Break

*These Torah portions are read the latter week in Diaspora communities that celebrate the 8th Day of Passover

Reflections for the
Book of Numbers

• Bamidbar: May 28, 2022 (or June 4)*
  Oasis in the Wilderness
  Unmarked Territory
• Naso: June 4, 2022 (or June 11)*
  Naso-To Be Out of the Camp
• Beha’alotcha: June 11, 2022 (or June 18)*
  Behaaloteha-When Illness Refocuses our Relationship
• Shelah: June 18, 2022 (or June 25)*
  Shelah-Mirror Mirror
  Attachment and Resentment
• Korah: June 25, 2022 (or July 2)*
  Destruction and Rebirth
  Dark Narratives
• Hukkat: July 2, 2022 (or July 9)*
  Grief and Ritual that Transcend our Understanding
• Balak: July 9, 2022 (or July 16)*
  Our Unique Paths Through Illness
• Pinhas: July 16, 2022 (or July 23)*
  Shofar Calls and Spiritual Stirrings
• Mattot: July 23, 2022 (or combined with Masei July 30)*
  Let’s Make a Deal
  Use Your Words
• Masei: July 30, 2022
  Leaving Egypt

*These Torah portions are read the latter week in Diaspora communities that celebrate the 8th Day of Passover

Reflections for the
Book of Deuteronomy

• Devarim: August 6, 2022
  Embracing What Is Broken
  The Gift of Our Story
  From Exile to Trust
• Va’et-hanan: August 13, 2022
  Sh’ma as Meditation
• Ekev: August 20, 2022
  Rending and Repairing
• Re’eh: August 27, 2022
  From Curse to Blessing
• Shoftim: September 3, 2022
  Nurturing Amidst the Battle
• Ki Tetze: September 10, 2022
  Balancing Remembering with Forgetting
  Hanging On by a Thread
• Ki Tavo: September 17, 2022
  Miracles Reconsidered
• Nitzavim: September 24, 2022
  Blessing Choice and Awareness
  

Calendar of Holidays and special Torah readings

• Elul: August 8 – September 6, 2021
  Reflections on the Month of Elul
• Selihot: August 28, 2021
  Selihot and Forgiveness
• Rosh Hashanah: September 6-8, 2021
  Spiritual Flutterings
  High Holy Day Paradoxes
  Rosh Hashanah when Ill
  Attentiveness
• Shabbat Shuva: September 10-11, 2021
  Reach Out Our Hands
• Yom Kippur: September 15-16, 2021
  Reflections on Yom Kippur 
  Hopes, Doubts, Yizkor
• Sukkot: September 20-29, 2021
  Torah Reflections on Sukkot
  Shemini Atzeret and a Prayer for Rain
  Simhat Torah – Life’s Multiplicities
• Chanukah: November 28 – December 6, 2021
  Chanukah Late Celebration
• Purim: March 16-17, 2022
  Reflections on Purim
• Passover: April 15-23, 2022 (First Seder is April 15th)
  Torah Reflections on the Hebrew Month of Nisan
  Passover Torah Reflection by Rabbi Kukla
  Passover Torah Reflection by Rabbi Fenner
• Counting of the Omer (from Passover to Shavuot)
  Omer Page 1
  Omer Page 2
  Omer Cover
  Omer Insert 2022
• Shavout: June 4-6, 2022
  Ambiguity as an Opening
  Shavuot Sinai Summons
  A Truly Sublime Moment
  Shavuot – Understanding Suffering
• Tisha b’Av (observed): August 6-7, 2022
  Tisha b’Av – Finding Hope Among the Ruins
  Tisha b’Av – Destruction, Loss and Lamentation

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