Congregation Beth Mordecai
Congregation Beth Mordecai
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
May 13, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
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Dear Hevreh,
At the onset of the this week's triennial Torah reading of Parashat K'doshim (Leviticus 19:23-24), we read...
כג וְכִי-תָבֹאוּ אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, וּנְטַעְתֶּם כָּל-עֵץ מַאֲכָל--וַעֲרַלְתֶּם עָרְלָתוֹ, אֶת-פִּרְיוֹ; שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים, יִהְיֶה לָכֶם עֲרֵלִים--לֹא יֵאָכֵל.
23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as forbidden; three years shall it be as forbidden unto you; it shall not be eaten.
כד וּבַשָּׁנָה, הָרְבִיעִת, יִהְיֶה, כָּל-פִּרְיוֹ--קֹדֶשׁ הִלּוּלִים, לַיהוָה.
24 And in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto the LORD.
It seem a little odd that the Israelites would not be able to eat food they just planted in the[...]
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March 6, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Thank you to Harriet for leading services this morning! Before researching for this morning’s Dvar, I read both the Torah portions and the Haftorah. Parashas P'Keudei is not the most exciting of material P'Keudei begins with Moses's expense account, "These are the records of the Tabernacle … While only the most obsessive CPAs are likely to want to audit Moses at this late date, it does provide a model for what we now call transparency. There should never be an issue that those who have the ability to tax us (or demand "donations") are personally profiting thereby. Indeed, Midrash tells us how far the priests would go to ensure there would be no such questions. The families of those responsible for the Temple's incense[...]
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December 11, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
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November 22, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
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