by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 11, 2022 | Balak, Community, Holiness, Modesty, Purity
In today’s world of social media, nothing is private. People post and share everything about themselves, from what they ate for breakfast to their most personal and intimate moments. Sometimes it seems like privacy and personal space is a thing of the past, but is...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 11, 2022 | Balak, Chosen Nation, Community, God, Leadership, Modesty
Have you ever gone into a camping goods store and been overwhelmed by the beauty of the tents? Of course not. Clearly, Balaam was not commenting on the handiwork of the Hebrew tentmakers when he complimented the beauty of the desert dwellings (Numbers 24:5). When...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 6, 2022 | Chukat, Miracles
A group of thirsty people complain bitterly to Moses, “Why did you bring us to the desert, to die??” God tells Moses and Aaron: You and your brother Aaron take the rod and assemble the community, and before their very eyes order the rock to yield its water. Thus you...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 1, 2022 | Korach, Psalms, Repentance
“And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, all Korah’s people and all their possessions.” (Numbers 16:32) That was the tragic price that Korah and his group of comrades had to pay for attempting to overthrow Moses. Sadly, these...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 29, 2022 | Community, Covenant, Holiness, Humility, Justice, Korach, Leadership, Responsibility
Communism didn’t start with Karl Marx. It actually began 3,500 years ago with a different man – Korah. Korah was the wealthiest Israelite alive when God took the Children of Israel out of Egypt. He was from the tribe of Levi, and thus was never enslaved by the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 28, 2022 | Korach
Korah had everything – he was the richest man in the world at the time, he was a member of the priestly tribe of Levi and he was the patriarch of a large and accomplished family. And yet, in one of the more disturbing stories of the Bible, Korah leads a...
