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Does Justice Bring Peace?
This week’s alumni Dvar Torah is by Miriam Gedwiser Shemot 18:23 contains the third and final appearance of the word שלום in the book of Shemot. (All three pertain to Yitro.) Yitro advises Mosheh that if God approves of, and … Continue reading
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The Slave’s Eye
This week’s alumni Dvar Torah is by Miriam Gedwiser In Parashat Mishpatim, Ex. 21:26-27, we read: וְכִֽי־יַכֶּ֨ה אִ֜ישׁ אֶת־עֵ֥ין עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֽוֹ־אֶת־עֵ֥ין אֲמָת֖וֹ וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ תַּ֥חַת עֵינֽוֹ׃ (ס) וְאִם־שֵׁ֥ן עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֽוֹ־שֵׁ֥ן אֲמָת֖וֹ יַפִּ֑יל לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ תַּ֥חַת שִׁנּֽוֹ׃ (פ) If a … Continue reading
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Parashat Zakhor: Carry On My Wayward Son
This week’s alumni Dvar Torah is by Miriam Gedwiser What are we remembering with parashat zakhor? Unlike so many of the questions that Deuteronomy 25:17-19 raises, this one seems to have a straightforward answer: we remember “what Amalek did to … Continue reading
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