Jeffrey Fiskin
By Jeffrey Fiskin
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News But What If There Are Consequences?
This week’s portion, Devarim, is read on the Shabbat before Tisha B’Av, the day on which, tradition tells us, both the First and Second Temples were destroyed. Tradition also tells us that the second destruction “came about through a Kamtza and a Bar Kamtza.” 66 C.E. Judea. A dinner party. As a wealthy gentleman, Reuven,…
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News Nobody Likes Surprises
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord which he had not commanded them. —Leviticus 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the…
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News A Thing More Monstrous Than Flux
Moses and Aaron, bent with wandering, walk from the Tent of Meeting. Aaron: This one is trouble. Moses: You’re a worrier. You thought the commandment on adultery would be trouble. Aaron: No. That one people could simply ignore. This one is trouble. Trust me. M: Don’t be silly. Men and women don’t want relations at…
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News It Was Gnats, for Crying Out Loud
And the Lord said unto Moses: ‘Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water, and say unto him…. — Exodus 8:16 The banks of the Nile. Pharaoh raises his hands in benediction to bless the Nile. Moses steps from the rushes. Moses: ’Morning. Pharaoh:Crikey, you scared…
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