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October 25, 2023 By Lerhaus Newshul

Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 10/25

This is a war against the Jewish people -- everywhere From the Tanakh, for our consideration: Nehemiah, Chapter 4 vss 1 & 2 נְחֶמְיָה א וַיְהִי כַאֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע סַנְבַלַּט וְטוֹבִיָּה וְהָעַרְבִים וְהָעַמֹּנִים וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִים, כִּי-עָלְתָה אֲרוּכָה לְחֹמוֹת … [Read more...]

October 22, 2023 By Lerhaus Newshul

Weekly Torah Gatherings – Sun 10/22

. . . . and yet, in the stillness, there are no babies in Kibbutz Be'eri left alive to bathe. The Torah this week: Abraham retrieves what is left of his family and then ensures that it never happens again. Never again is now. Am Yisrael Chai. Today: 3:30 PM Eastern / … [Read more...]

October 15, 2023 By Lerhaus Newshul

Weekly Torah Gatherings – Sun 10/15

Some things are just too painful, even to think through . . . PEOPLE LOVE DEAD JEWS Reports From a Haunted Present The silence of 'friends' has been (quite) deafening, much of which has been punctuated by equivocations of moral equivalency, (all of which are) inherently immoral. 'Of course, … [Read more...]

September 20, 2023 By Lerhaus Newshul

Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 9/20

'There is a season, turn turn turn . . . and a time for every purpose, under heaven.' (based on Ecclesiastes ch 3 -- these words will ring true at a time of Sukkot, an Autumn reckoning infused with both memory and reflection) To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the … [Read more...]

July 30, 2023 By Lerhaus Newshul

Weekly Torah Gatherings – Sun 7/30

from Abraham Avinu to Abraham L . . . . Merely a disagreement or possibly, 'a house divided' While not exactly gospel, still, let's take this seriously . . From this week's section, Parsha: Deuteronomy 10:20 אֶת־יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ תִּירָ֖א אֹת֣וֹ תַעֲבֹ֑ד וּב֣וֹ תִדְבָּ֔ק וּבִשְׁמ֖וֹ … [Read more...]