To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism Parashat Vaetchanan begins with Moses standing on a mountain called Pisgah. He is told that he will not be able to enter the Land of Israel, but he can see it, if he Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism This Shabbat, we begin the book of Deuteronomy, Sefer Devarim, with Parashat Devarim. In this week’s Torah reading, before Moses’ passing, Moses repeated the Torah, and we read another rendition of Moses’ hardships. Moses Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism This week is a double Torah reading, of the Parashiot of Matot-Masei, and we conclude the book of Numbers, Sefer Bamidbar. In Parashat Matot, we read about the laws regarding vows and oaths, Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism Our Torah reading this week, Parashat Pinchas, is named for the main character in the Torah reading this week, Pinchas, the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, who is rewarded for Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism Parashat Balak receives its name from the name of the King of Moab, Balak, who the children of Israel come into contact with while they journey to the Land of Israel. Fearful that the children Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism Parashat Chukkat begins with a discussion of the laws related to the Red Heifer, the Maftir portion read on Shabbat Parah. Parashat Chukkat continues with a discussion about rituals and laws about purification. Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism With the Torah Reading of Parashat Korach, WWOT: Weekly Words of Torah, is going PC – not the PC you might be thinking of, but rather, Parashah Chesed. The 5780 Torah Fund pin is Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism Parsahat Shelakh Lekha, our Torah reading this week, is the official Torah reading of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. The image of two people holding bunches of grapes is often used as the Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism This week’s Torah Reading, Parashat Beha’alotekha, begins with a description of the menorah, which the Priests handled twice a day. The instructions on how to light and place the menorah were given. The Continue Reading »
To inspire, guide, engage, enrich, and empower Conservative Jewish Women By Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Executive Director, Women’s League For Conservative Judaism This week’s Torah reading, Parashat Naso, is the longest Torah portion in the entire full Torah reading cycle (as opposed to the triennial cycle of reading.) The Priestly Blessing, the Birkat Kohanim, is found Continue Reading »
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