by Michael Gold | May 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
SHAVUOT RUTH AS SEDUCTRESS “Boaz ate and drank, and in a cheerful mood went to lie down beside the grain pile. Then she went over stealthily and uncovered his feet and lay down.” (Ruth 3:7) On... by Michael Gold | May 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
PARSHAT BEMIDBAR NATURE AND NURTURE “On the first day of the second month they convoked the whole company [of fighters], who were registered by the clans of their ancestral houses—the names of those aged twenty years and over being listed head by head.” ... by Michael Gold | May 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
PARSHAT BEHAR BEHUKOTAI MOUNTAINS “The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.” (Leviticus 25:1) Whenever I conduct an unveiling (the dedication of a memorial stone), I begin with the Biblical... by Michael Gold | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
PARSHAT EMOR COUNTING EACH EVENING “From the day on which you bring the sheaf of elevation offering—the day after the sabbath—you shall count off seven weeks. They must be complete.” (Leviticus 23:15)... by Michael Gold | Apr 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
PARSHAT AHAREI MOT – KEDOSHIM VICARIOUS ATONEMENT “Thus the goat shall carry on it all their iniquities to an inaccessible region; and the goat shall be set free in the wilderness.” (Leviticus 16:22)...