Torah Reflections™

Reflections for the Book of Genesis

• Bereishit: October 17, 2020
  In Relationship with Each Other
• Noah: October 24, 2020
  When Illness Refocuses our Relationships
• Leh Leha: October 31, 2020
  Go Forth
  Where to Look
  Hear Her Voice
• Vayeira: November 7, 2020
  Vayeira – Weiss
• Hayyei Sarah: November 14, 2020
  Hayyei Sarah – Marder
• Toldot: November 21, 2020
  Answers to our Prayers
  A Journey to Wholeness
• Vayetze: November 28, 2020
  Jacob’s Journey
  Grief, Family Strife
• Vayishlah: December 5, 2020
  Visiting
• Vayeshev: December 12, 2020
  Journeying to Sheol, And Returning Again to Life
• Vayigash: December 26, 2020
  Reconnection – Vayigash
• Vayehi: January 2, 2021
  Reconciliation and Healing

Reflections for the
Book of Exodus

• Shemot: January 9, 2021
  Finding Courage and Strength
  When Feeling Trapped
• Bo: January 23, 2021
  Rhythms and Religious Rituals
• Beshallah: January 30, 2021
  Reflections on Beshallah
• Yitro: February 6, 2021
  In the Complexity of Pain or Illness
  Giving Each Other a Hand
• Mishpatim: February 13, 2021
  Reflections on Mishpatim
• Terumah: February 20, 2021
  Sacred Impermanence (Connecting When we are Vulnerable)
  Precious Offerings (Guidance for When we are Without a Guide)
• Ki Tisa: March 6, 2021
  Reflections on Ki Tisa
• Vayak-hel – Pekudei: March 13, 2021
  Life in the Details
  Under the Clouds

Reflections for the
Book of Leviticus

• Vayikra: March 20, 2021
  Reflections on Vayikra
• Tsav: March 27, 2021
  Suffering and Elevation
• Shemini: April 10, 2021
  Reflections on Shemini
• Aharei Mot-Kedoshim: April 24, 2021
  For Your Were Strangers
• Behar-Behukotai: May 8, 2021
  Giving Each Other a Break

Reflections for the
Book of Numbers

• Bamidbar: May 23, 2020
  Oasis in the Wilderness
  Unmarked Territory
• Naso: May 30, 2020 (June 6 on the Diaspora calendar)
  Naso-To Be Out of the Camp
• Beha’alotcha: June 6, 2020 (June 13 on the Diaspora calendar)
  Behaaloteha-When Illness Refocuses our Relationship
• Shelah: June 13, 2020 (June 20 on the Diaspora calendar)
  Shelah-Mirror Mirror
  Attachment and Resentment
• Korah: June 20, 2020 (June 27 on the Diaspora calendar)
  Destruction and Rebirth
  Dark Narratives
• Hukkat: June 27, 2020 (July 4, combined with Balak, on the Diaspora calendar)
  Grief and Ritual that Transcend our Understanding
• Balak: July 4, 2020 (combined with Hukkat on the Diaspora calendar)
  Our Unique Paths Through Illness
• Pinhas: July 11, 2020
  Shofar Calls and Spiritual Stirrings
• Mattot: July 18, 2020 (combined with Masei)
  Let’s Make a Deal
  Use Your Words
• Masei: July 18, 2020 (combined with Mattot)
  Leaving Egypt

Reflections for the
Book of Deuteronomy

• Devarim: July 25, 2020
  Embracing What Is Broken
  The Gift of Our Story
  From Exile to Trust
• Va’et-hanan: August 1, 2020
  Sh’ma as Meditation
• Ekev: August 8, 2020
  Rending and Repairing
• Re’eh: August 15, 2020
  From Curse to Blessing
• Shoftim: August 22, 2020
  Nurturing Amidst the Battle
• Ki Tetze: August 29, 2020
  Balancing Remembering with Forgetting
  Hanging On by a Thread
• Ki Tavo: September 5, 2020
  Miracles Reconsidered
• Nitzavim (combined with Vayeleh): September 12, 2020
  Blessing Choice and Awareness
  

Calendar of Holidays and special Torah readings

• Elul: August 20 – September 18, 2020
  Reflections on the Month of Elul
• Selihot: September 12, 2020
  Selihot and Forgiveness
• Rosh Hashanah: September 18-20, 2020
  Spiritual Flutterings
  High Holy Day Paradoxes
  Rosh Hashanah when Ill
  Attentiveness
• Shabbat Shuva: September 25-26, 2020
  Reach Out Our Hands
• Yom Kippur: September 27-28, 2020
  Reflections on Yom Kippur 
  High Holy Days
• Sukkot: October 2-11, 2020
  Torah Reflections on Sukkot
  Shemini Atzeret and a Prayer for Rain
  Simhat Torah – Life’s Multiplicities
• Chanukah: December 10-18, 2020
  Chanukah Late Celebration
• Purim: March 9-10, 2020
  Reflections on Purim
• Passover: April 8-16, 2020 (First Seder is April 8th)
  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 2020
• Shavout: May 28-30, 2020
  Ambiguity as an Opening
  Shavuot Sinai Summons
  A Truly Sublime Moment
  Shavuot – Understanding Suffering
• Tisha b’Av: July 29-30, 2020
  Tisha b’Av – Finding Hope Among the Ruins
  Tisha b’Av – Destruction, Loss and Lamentation

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