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Was Abraham changed by Sarah's death?
'Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years; this was the length of Sarah’s life. And Sarah died in Kiriatharba (that is, Hebron) in the...
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Light of Torah
Oct 26, 20211 min
Webinar: Difficult Texts in Matthew's Gospel
Recommended viewing: Difficult Texts Regarding “The Jews” in Matthew’s Gospel: A Socio-Political Framework Online Webinar from Sisters of...
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Light of Torah
Oct 22, 20213 min
What we Hear in the Silence
Our focus this week is Genesis 22:1-19. In Christian tradition this passage is known as 'the sacrifice of Isaac'. In Jewish tradition it...
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Light of Torah
Oct 15, 20213 min
Go forth!
Lekh Lekha: “Go-you-forth” (Hebrew). These words of God launch Abraham (here called Abram) into a journey that has him leave his homeland...
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Light of Torah
Oct 8, 20213 min
Noah: a righteous man?
The story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6:9–11:32) is well known and loved by Christians from childhood. Yet how many of us have explored the...
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Light of Torah
Oct 1, 20215 min
Beginnings
A new idea has extraordinary power. It can be embraced, rejected, or ignored, but what one cannot do is ‘unthink’ it. So says creative...
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Light of Torah
Sep 24, 20213 min
A Different Kind of Shelter
I will always remember the month I spent in the Australian bush on an Outward Bound course. No tents. Just creative use of a bivy sheet...
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Light of Torah
Sep 17, 20213 min
A Curious Absence in the Biblical Text
'[God] found them in a desert region, In an empty howling waste. [God] engirded them, watched over them, Guarded them as the pupil of...
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Light of Torah
Sep 10, 20212 min
"Return to Me"
This Sabbath in the Jewish calendar is called Shabbat Shuvah, "Sabbath of Return". It falls between Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) and...
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Light of Torah
Sep 3, 20214 min
From Age to Age, A Living Tradition
Moses and the Israelites are encamped on the plains of Moab, poised to enter the promised land. There Moses gives a final speech,...
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Light of Torah
Aug 27, 20213 min
Can We See the Miracle?
At last! After forty years of desert-trekking, the God-given homeland of the Israelites is within their grasp. But are they ready for...
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Light of Torah
Aug 20, 20213 min
An ancient welfare practice
'When you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf in the field, do not turn back to get it; it shall go to the stranger, the...
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Light of Torah
Aug 13, 20212 min
"You must not destroy the trees"
Among ancient ‘rules of war’ set down in Deuteronomy 20, in verses 19-20 we find an interesting directive on how to treat the trees...
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Light of Torah
Jul 29, 20213 min
Why was the Manna a Test?
In the Book of Deuteronomy Moses urges his people to gird themselves with spiritual and moral strength to be worthy to enter the promised...
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Light of Torah
Jul 24, 20213 min
God's Word is a Living Word
In the Book of Deuteronomy, as Moses continues his farewell discourse just outside the promised land, he reminds the Israelites of the...
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Light of Torah
Jul 17, 20213 min
Memoirs & Memory-Making
The Hebrew title for the book of Deuteronomy is Devarim, ‘words’. What ‘words’? The opening verse tells us that these are the farewell...
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Light of Torah
Jul 9, 20213 min
Is There A Problem With Being Comfortable?
Having just been victorious in battle, in Numbers 32 we find the Israelites encamped on the plains of Moab ready to cross the Jordan...
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Light of Torah
Jul 2, 20213 min
Five Sisters with a Just Cause
“Then the daughters of Zelophehad came forward” (Numbers 27:1). Do you know the story of Zelophehad’s daughters? The Bible depicts them...
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Light of Torah
Jun 25, 20213 min
Balaam: Prophet or Sorcerer?
On their way to the promised land the Israelites encounter one obstacle after another: hunger, thirst, rebellion, war. Here we explore...
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Light of Torah
Jun 17, 20213 min
What Happened When Miriam Died
"Miriam died there, and was buried there" (Numbers 20:1). That’s it. In one brief sentence, the Bible records the death of Miriam, sister...
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