"The newly released #English-language #sefer #BadeiHaMitzvos goes through the #mitzvos mentioned in the weekly #parsha along with sources from Sefer #HaChinuch, #Rambam, #ShulchanAruch, various #Acharonim, and other sources. Volume 1, which is out now, covers Sefer #Bereishis and Sefer #Shemos. This sefer is an excellent resource for student and teacher alike to better understand the 613 mitzvos as well as the parsha of the week. Richly sourced footnotes in #Hebrew enable the reader to engage in in-depth study."

https://jewishpress.com/sections/features/a-clear-path-through-the-613-mitzvos/2026/01/22/

Women's League of Conservative Judaism
Parashah Yitro

Continue Reading: https://www.wlcj.org/2025/02/parashat-yitro-5785/

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Discover the rich narrative and source-critical insights of Genesis 21 and 22, and their connection to Rosh HaShanah. Dive into the complexities of these ancient texts and their modern relevance.

#Torah #Parsha #RoshHaShanah

http://hitzonim.com/2024/10/04/rosh-hashanah-insights-exploring-genesis-21-and-22-through-source-criticism/

The post discusses Parsha Ki Teitzei, reflecting on the tension between injustice and human dignity. It challenges traditional interpretations, emphasizing the need for introspection and pursuing true justice.

#Hitzonim #Torah #Parsha #KiTeitzei

http://hitzonim.com/2024/09/14/cheshbon-hanefesh-reflecting-on-justice-and-dignity-in-parsha-ki-tetzei/

Be a prophet. Do some justice.

#Hitzonim #Torah #Parsha #Shoftim #Elul

http://hitzonim.com/2024/09/05/tzedek-tzedek-tirdof-pursuing-justice-in-parsha-shoftim/

No God of the Bible and no Moses, what are we to do with our covenants? I argue that our modern task is to tap into our tradition and update our covenants to serve us today.

#Hitzonim #Torah #Parsha

http://hitzonim.com/2024/08/24/chemotherapy-community-and-critical-torah-insights-parsha-eikev/

Primer on the book of Deuteronomy, through a source critical lens. Learn the incredible development of this text over its major redactional stages.

LInks where ya find 'em!

#Hitzonim #Torah #Parsha #Deuteronomy #Devarim #Jewish #Judaism

http://hitzonim.com/2024/08/08/the-evolution-of-deuteronomy-from-scroll-of-torah-to-foundation-of-judaism/

reading differently with Jewish Currents
https://pdbowman.studio/briefs/15-jun-24-assimilate-these-texts-jewish-currents-roundtable/

#JewishCurrents #parsha #secularism #jewishLeft #assimilation

I love this way of looking at the Sotah ritual in this week's parsha. The whole explanation is good, but I think these are the key points of this interpretation.

Absent Hashem making these innocuous ingredients deadly, the Sotah ritual takes a husband who was worried about his wife spending time alone with a particular man, whom he had asked her not to see like that and then does, and provides the choice for the wife to separate amicably with him being obligated to the get, or the husband gets a demonstration of her divine absolution by Hashem.

As they put it, a method for the marriage to continue if she chooses, or end if she feels he has been irreconcilably unfair to her.

#Torah #Parsha #Get #Divorce #Marriage #Relationships #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #Jewniverse #Jewish #Infidelity

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/understanding-the-sotah-ritual/

Whose Truth

Sometimes women with voices are shut out of the camp. But that’s not the end of the story.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Apr 8, 2024

"...Right, so only Miriam gets tzaraat...

And only she is punished.

Only she is maligned.

Only she is sent away.

The thing is this: The text never says that the Kushite wife thing that caused Miriam and Aaron to "speak against" Moses about wasn't true.

...Most of the women murdered as witches were, in some way, woman who didn't have the protection of a man with power...or those who were racial or religious others (Quakers in a Puritan community, eg).

...All of these things were part of the larger system of which the discrediting of female healers was a part.

We must always be attuned to questions like:

What narrative are we trying to advance, and whose interests does this serve?

Whose voices might be suppressed in the process?

https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/miriamtruth/

#Mazeldon @Jewniverse #JFedi #RabbiDanya #Parashat #Parsha