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		<title>B&#8217;har/Bhukotai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first of this week&#8217;s two parshiyot, B&#8217;har, teaches about the land-sabbath, which occurred every seventh year, and the jubilee, which occurred every fiftieth year. Every seventh year, farmers let their fields grow wild, and whatever grew by itself was available to everyone. Every fiftieth year, all land sales during the previous forty-nine years were<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/05/17/bharbhukotai/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parshat Emor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s parashah, Emor, teaches the mitzvah of counting the omer.  As we make our way from Pesah to Shavuot, we count off each of the 49 days in between. Often we think of the counting as an expression of anticipation.  We are impatient to receive the Torah, to complete our journey out of Egypt,<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/05/10/parshat-emor/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tazria/M&#8217;tzora</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s two parshiyot, Tazria and M&#8217;tzora, describe the process by which those who suffered from leprosy were diagnosed, and then healed and re-integrated into society. The ancient rabbis understood the illness as a metaphor for lashon hara, the sin of &#8220;bad-mouthing,&#8221; which, like leprosy, cuts one off from community. By destroying trust, the one<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/04/26/tazriamtzora/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parshat Sh&#8217;mini</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s parashah, Sh&#8217;mini, Moses questions Aaron on a technical matter concerning a sacrificial offering that he believes Aaron has mishandled.  When Aaron explains his reasoning, the Torah says, &#8220;It [the explanation] pleased Moses.&#8221;  Moses&#8217; response, as Rashi paraphrases it, is &#8220;I had not learned that before.&#8221; The notable thing about Moses&#8217;s response, as<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/04/19/parshat-shmini/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parshat Tzav/Shabbat Hagadol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s parashah, Tzav, begins with the laws of the olah, the whole burnt offering that was sacrificed twice daily when the Temple stood. One detail of those laws was that, when the priests removed the ashes of the olah from the altar, they could not dispose of them just anywhere. They had to bring<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/03/29/parshat-tzavshabba-hagadol/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parshat Vayikra/Shabbat Hahodesh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Shabbat, we begin to read the third book of the Torah, the book of Vayikra or Leviticus. The book begins:  &#8220;God called to Moshe and spoke to him. . . &#8221; According to Rashi, that opening sentence tells us  how God communicated with Moshe in general, not just on that particular occasion.  Rashi commented<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/03/22/parshat-vayikrashabbat-hahodesh/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vayak&#8217;hel-P&#8217;kudei/Shabbat Parah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s parshiyot, Vayak&#8217;hel and P&#8217;kudei, the community of Israel carries out God&#8217;s instructions for building the mishkan, God&#8217;s portable home on earth. Moshe begins by calling on everyone with a willing heart to contribute materials for the project. &#8220;Take from yourselves an offering. . . as gifts for God.&#8221; The author of  Netivot<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/03/15/vayakhel-pkudeishabbat-parah/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parshat T&#8217;tzaveh/Shabbat Zakhor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s parashah, T&#8217;tzaveh, is unique in that &#8212; though it is full of commandments given to Moshe &#8212; Moshe&#8217;s name is never mentioned in it. An ancient midrash traces the absence of Moshe&#8217;s name to the story of the golden calf. In that story, God threatens to abandon the people because of their sin,<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/03/01/parshat-ttzavehshabbat-zakhor/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parshat T&#8217;rumah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s parashah, T&#8217;rumah, God gives the children of Israel the task of building Him a home on earth.  God says to Moshe, &#8220;Let them build me a holy space so that I may dwell within them.&#8221; Rabbi Moshe Alshekh pointed out that the beginning and the end of that sentence do not seem<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/02/23/parshat-trumah/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parshat Mishpatim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s parashah, Mishpatim, the children of Israel accept the Torah by declaring &#8220;Na&#8217;aseh v&#8217;nishma&#8221; &#8212; which can be translated &#8220;We will do and we will understand.&#8221; Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Kotzk explained the phrase in this way:   Throughout history, the greatest thinkers have attempted to understand God intellectually, but they could comprehend only<a class="read-more" href="http://thenewshul.org/2012/02/16/parshat-mishpatim/">[Read More]</a>]]></description>
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