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Parashat Vayeshev, Troubling Feelings

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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Parashat Vayishlakh, Wrestling Over Sacred Issues

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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Parashat Vayetze, Breaking Routine to Encounter God

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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Parashat Toledot, Wellsprings of Hope

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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Parashat Hayei Sarah, Biblical Negotiations

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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Parashat Vayera, Looking Upward and Outward

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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Parashat Lekh Lekha, Worlds Apart

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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Parashat Noah, A Tiny Ray of Hope

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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Parashat Bereshit, On Mastery and Humility

This coming Shabbat, we return to the beginning of Torah with Parashat Bereishit. The Jewish calendar’s narrative cycle dovetails well with the spiritual renewal celebrated at this season. Having commemorated Rosh Hashanah (the beginning of the new year and celebration of God’s Kingship), Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (the final of the three pilgrimage festivals), we begin whole and fresh.

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