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B'hukotai

Leviticus 26:3-27:34

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  • In this Torah portion, God tells the people of Israel that if they follow God's commandments, they will be provided with rain to feed their crops. God then describes the long list of punishments that will be inflicted on the Israelites if they do not follows God's laws.

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    for B'hukotai

    slavery
    The Israelites are promised rain
    in exchange for keeping God's laws.

     

    Text Studies

    Social Action and Environmentalism

    Faith in Difficult Times
    Rabbi Andrea Steinberger, Hillel

    Corrupt Leadership
    Carol Towarnicky, AJWS

    No Food, No Torah; No Torah, No Food
    Rabbi Marcia Plumb, Union for Reform Judaism

    The Blessing of Rain
    Jonathan Neril, Canfei Nesharim

     

    Science vs. Sabbath?
    Lawrence Bush & Jeffrey Dekro, SocialAction.com

     
     


    From the Denominations

    Pluralism and Outreach

    Stubbornness & Chance
    Rabbi Avraham Fischer, Orthodox Union

    The Impossible World
    Cantor Sarah Sager, Women of Reform Judaism

    Rebuke & Reward in This World
    Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, JTS

    Unifying Towards Redemption
    David Frankel, UJA-Federation of New York

     

    Preserving the Covenant
    Dvora Weisberg, CLAL

     


    Family and Fun

     

    Parashat B'hukotai Challah
    Julie Seltzer

     

    Parashat B'hukotai for Families
    Torah Topics for Today

     

     

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