THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Re’eh – פרשת ראה August 31, 2019 – ל אב תשעט This essay is dedicated with gratitude to Drs. Lillian & Gary Chubak. The Temple Outside of Jerusalem In Deuteronomy, Israel is ordered to conduct its sacrificial cult at one central...
THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Va’etchanan – פרשת ואתחנן August 17, 2019 – טז אב תשעט This essay is sponsored by Harold & Lisa Steinberg in memory of Raymond (ירחמיאל בן מנחם מנדל ז”ל) & Doris (דובריש דבורה בת משה ז”ל) Shatz, and David Steinberg...
THOUGHTS ON TISHA B’AV Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Tisha b’Av 5779 This essay is dedicated in memory of James Levi Z”L. Tisha b’Av in the Era of Emancipation The nationalistic aspect of Judaism is felt most intensely on the annual fast of Tisha b’Av. Established in the early second century CE to...
THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Pinchas – פרשת פינחס July 27, 2019 – כד תמוז תשעט Discomfort with Phinehas’ Zealotry Phinehas lethally impaled the Simeonite chieftain Zimri and the Midianite princess Cozbi as those two engaged in illicit copulation. Phinehas’...
THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Balak – פרשת בלק July 20, 2019 – יז תמוז תשעט This essay is sponsored by Janet & Gary Waller in memory of Meyer Pessin Z”L, and by Suzy Levin in memory of Yehonatan ben Yosef David v’Shira Z”L. Clinging to Idolatry
THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Shelach – פרשת שלח June 29, 2019 This essay is sponsored by Joanne Wiesner-Steiner in memory of her mother, Marion Wiesner (Miriam Reyzl bat Tzvi Hirsh Z”L). ADAPTING JUDAISM TO THE REALITY OF JEWISH LIFE The Torah requires that native...