This year’s Vayakhel teaching is all about two words and their associated Hebrew letters: fire and water, shin and mem. We think of fire and water as opposites and say, “fire and water don’t mix;” in the natural, this is true, but our God is supernatural, and He calls us to live beyond nature, as […]
February 24, 2022 in Media, Torah 5781 (2021-2022), Torah Commentary by Beth Tikkun
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“Shemot” means “names,” and we look at the Hebrew for several names in this week’s teaching. Before we do so, we ask the question, “Why did Israel have to go down to Egypt?” Other topics include four uses of the phrase “on the stones” and the “deep” subject of four men who meet four women […]
December 24, 2021 in Media, Torah 5781 (2021-2022), Torah Commentary by Beth Tikkun
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Join Beth Tikkun as we continue our study of the Haftarah portions for the 2013-14 Torah cycle. In this study we consider the puzzling life of Samson and see how he cast aside his nazirite status. We then delve into the inner meanings of the letters that spell Samson’s name, and analyze what the essence […]
June 1, 2014 in Haftarah Portion, Media by Beth Tikkun
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