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Parshat Tetzaveh/Shabbat Zachor 5775–Shabbat Torah Study–Remember Who You Are and Who God Wants You to Be
This is Shabbat Zachor. We are commanded to remember to blot out the memory of Amalek and not to forget. We are not to forget to remember and we are to remember not to forget. Confused? Why would we want … Continue reading
Shabbat Terumah 5775–Shabbat Torah Study–The Real Deal
This week’s Torah portion contains the description of the Tabernacle and its various furnishings—the Table for the Showbreads, the Menorah, the Altar and, of course, the Ark. We no longer have the Tabernacle, the Holy Temple or any of the … Continue reading
Shabbat Shekalim/Parshat Mishpatim 5775–Paul Magy’s Shabbat Torah Study e-Drash in the “D”–The Business of Religion?
Last week’s Parasha contained the 10 Commandments that we learned were really the 10 Divine Utterances and contain many more mitzvoth than merely 10. They contain the most basic obligation of Judaism, the recognition and acceptance of God as One … Continue reading
Parashat Yitro 5775–Shabbat Torah Study at Adat Shalom –Is It a Mitzvah to Believe in God?
This week’s Parasha is one of the two parshiyot that contains the Aseret Hadibrot—what has been improperly translated as the 10 Commandments. It is set forth here in Yitro at Exodus 20: 2-14. There is an interesting debate among the … Continue reading
Paul Magy's Shabbat Torah Study in the "D" 