 Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 2019. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Trump administration family separation policy, 116th Congress, United States, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, democracy, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, United States Immigration Policy, Immigration policy of Donald Trump An invocation by Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah, offered at the opening dinner of the Council on Foreign Relations annual Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop, June 2019. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The Fourth of July is a day on which Americans celebrate liberty, equality under heaven, and freedom from tyranny and foreign rule. Thus it is an appropriate day to read Torah. This is a Torah reading (divided into three aliyot) and a Haftarah reading to be recited on the Fourth of July. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Richard Shavei-Tzion writes, “At this time when mankind is wreaking havoc on our Eco-System, we pray to God to preserve the treasure that is the earth and to grant us the wisdom to make pro-active efforts to protect it for the sake of our future generations and all which dwell upon it.” . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: “A Prayer for the Spiritual Welfare of the United States at a Time of Trial,” by Rabbi Joe Schwartz was first published at The Forward on 28 June 2019. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags:  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Arabic translation, Judeo-Arabic, Damascus, זמירות zemirot, Aramaic, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, פיוטים piyyutim, Syria, predation, salvation An Arabic translation of Ḥad Gadya in its Syrian Jewish Damascus variation. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A reading from the Zohar providing context for the first meal of Shabbat on Friday evening. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A reading from the Zohar providing context for the second meal of Shabbat (the Saturday lunch meal). . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A reading from the Zohar providing context for the third meal of Shabbat (the Saturday afternoon meal, se’udah shlishit/shaleshudes). . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Psalms 145 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Psalms 149 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Psalms 150 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., mythopoesis, במדבר Bamidbar, census, supplementary hypothesis, tribes, annual Torah reading cycle, shlepping, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, breaking down, redaction criticism, moving out, פרשות parashot, Midbar Sinai The text of parashat b’Midbar, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: supplementary hypothesis, tribes, annual Torah reading cycle, shlepping, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, breaking down, redaction criticism, moving out, פרשות parashot, פרשת נשא parashat Naso, Midbar Sinai, נזיר Nazir, 6th century B.C.E., 33rd century A.M., mythopoesis, במדבר Bamidbar, census The text of parashat Naso, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, Midbar Sinai, anti-predatory, 35th century A.M., Midbar Paran, mythopoesis, פרשת בהעלתך b'Ha'alotekha The text of parashat b’Ha’alotekha, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat b’Ha’alotekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: anti-predatory, 35th century A.M., פרשת שלח parashat Shlaḥ, mythopoesis, reconnaissance, fake news, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, Midbar Paran The text of parashat Shlaḥ, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat Shlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, Midbar Paran, anti-predatory, 35th century A.M., קרח Qoraḥ, mythopoesis, authority vs. integrity, Maw of the Earth, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua The text of parashat Qoraḥ, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat Qoraḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: mythopoesis, חקת Ḥuqat, Midbar Tsyn, supplementary hypothesis, fast-forward, annual Torah reading cycle, missing years, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, thirty-eight years later, 8th century B.C.E., midbar quest, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, anti-predatory, safe passage, Miriam's well, authority vs. integrity, 35th century A.M. The text of parashat Ḥuqat, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat Ḥuqat in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The haftarah reading for Parashat Shlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The haftarah reading for Parashat Qoraḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . . |