THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Re’eh – פרשת ראה August 11, 2018 – ל מנחם אב תשעח Holidays in the Holy City Deuteronomy 16 provides a partial list of Jewish holidays, including Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot. Conspicuously missing is any mention of either Rosh Hashanah...

THOUGHTS ON TISHA B’AV Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Tisha b’Av 5778 Kahala Kadisha d’Yerushalayim The fast of Tisha b’Av, known primarily as the annual commemoration of the destruction of the Holy Temple and the fall of the Jewish Commonwealth in 70 CE, also marks the fall of Bethar in 135 CE

THOUGHTS ON THE PARASHAH Rabbi Evan Hoffman – Congregation Anshe Sholom evanhoffman@gmail.com Parshat Korach – פרשת קרח June 16, 2018 – ג סיון תשעח Samuel’s Sons In Samuel’s old age, he appointed his sons Joel and Abijah as judges over Israel. Their judicial seat was in Beer-Sheba, in the far southern reaches of the Land of