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When It Really Is About The Patriarchy A D'var Torah for Parshat Naso By Rabbi David Markus Dedicated to the family of George Floyd, and peaceful change makers everywhere. I open this week’s Torah portion (Naso), and I cringe. I read of ancient ways to serve in the Mishkan – all tribal men of a Read More >

By Hayley Siegel The middle section of this week’s parashah, Naso, is definitively not for the faint of heart. As the text describes, God instructs Moses how B’nei Yisrael should deal with a woman accused of adultery by her husband. Upon suspicion of infidelity, the woman was to be brought to the Sanctuary by her Read More >

A D'var Torah for Parashat Naso By Rabbi Heidi Hoover ('11) Last week’s Torah portion, Bemidbar, started with a lot of counting of Israelites. This week’s Torah portion, Naso, also begins with counting. The word “Naso” means “take up,” as in “Take up a census of the Gershonites also” (Numbers 4:22). The counting in this Read More >

Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah What's Your "Work Work"? A D'var Torah for Parashat Naso By Rabbi Rob Scheinberg The original sacred ritual space of the Jewish people, the Mishkan, was portable. Whenever the Israelites moved from place to place in the wilderness, the Mishkan would be disassembled and transported to its next location. The Read More >

A D'var Torah for Parashat Naso By Rabbi Matthew Goldstone Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Our parasha this week, Naso, contains a passage recited daily as part of the traditional liturgy, which many parents also use to bless their children each Friday night: The priestly blessing (Num. 6:22-27): The Lord Read More >

By Cantor Arnold Saltzman In Parashat Naso the Priestly Benediction, also known as Birkat Kohanim is set apart in a very important manner, punctuated with spaces not unlike the text for Shirat Hayam ' the Song at the Red Sea - and the Ten Commandments. The kohanim, the priests, have the power to bless the Read More >

By Molly Karp Parashat Naso begins with the continuation of the counting of the Gershonites and the Merarites, the Levites who are responsible for transporting the hangings, poles, planks and hardware of the Tent of Meeting. Just as the Tabernacle would not be complete without all of its parts, so too, the Levitical family would Read More >

By Rabbi/Cantor Bob Freedman “Naso et rosh, lift up the heads of the Kohatites of the tribe of Levi.” When we are in a state of lowness, of “small mind,” we don’t see the full picture of the community in which we are imbedded. Boundaries, set in place by ourselves or by others, block our Read More >

"And now, gentlemen," said d'Artagnan, without stopping to explain his conduct to Porthos, "All for one, one for all--that is our motto, is it not?" "And yet--" said Porthos. "Hold out your hand and swear!" cried Athos and Aramis at once. Overcome by example, grumbling to himself, nevertheless, Porthos stretched out his hand, and the Read More >

by Hazzan Marcia Lane [We would like to bring to people's attention the difference between the traditional Diaspora and Israeli Torah reading cycles for the next few months. Since this year the eighth day of Passover, which was observed by many in the Diaspora, fell on Shabbat and had a special Torah reading, the Israeli Read More >