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Dvar Torah - Ariella and Atarah Katzeff
It is a huge coincidence that we received the portion that we have for our bat mitzvah. It is called Toldot, the story of Jacob and...


Zoe Ashberg - Dvar Torah
My parsha, Toldot, comes from the book of Genesis, which means generation or history. In this weeks Torah portion, Isaac and Rebecca are...


Matthew Stein - Dvar Torah
My torah parsha is on Noach. He was told by God that since the world is filled with wrongdoing people there was going to be a flood...


Talah James - My Dvar Torah
My Torah portion is called Ki Tavo, it is when the Israelites entered the land of Israel and Moses wasn’t allowed to enter. During the...


Dylan Bourne - My Dvar Torah
My parasha or Torah portion for today is called “Shoftim”, from the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth and final book in the Torah. “Shoftim”...


Noah Gonsenhauser - My Dvar Torah
My Torah portion is called Vaetchanan, which is from the 5th book of the Torah – call Deuteronomy. The Rabbi told me that I am very lucky...


Samuel Castle - Dvar Torah
My Torah portion is about the journey of the Jews led by Moses out of Egypt through the desert to the promised land. Along the way they...


Maya Reitstein - Dvar Torah
My Torah portion is called Shlach l’cha from the fourth book of the Torah, Numbers or B’midbar in Hebrew. It starts with the story of...


Jackie Maris - Dvar Torah
Shabbat Shalom, everyone I am going to be completely honest with you: I tend to struggle with parashot in Leviticus. There is a lot about...


Taro Tomitsuka- Dvar Torah
In today’s portion, Behaalotecha, we find the people of Israel on the way to the Promised Land after leaving Egypt. But by this time...


Nathan Amato- Dvar Torah
Good morning everyone and Shabbat shalom and thank you for joining me in celebrating my bar mitzvah. The name of my torah portion is...


Jessica Hawker - Dvar Torah
Parsha B’Har May 9th 2015 In my Parsha, God gives Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year – called a shmita – where every seventh year,...


Balu Nivison - Dvar Torah
K’doshim – Holiness K’doshim comes from Vayikra commonly known as Leviticus. Vayikra is the 3rd book of the Torah – so it’s the middle...


Thomas and Alexander Ackerman - Dvar Torah
Alex Our torah portion – Shemini- relates to us as it is on the eighth day of the inauguration of the tabernacle and our birthday is on...


Milla Terespolsky - Dvar Torah
My portion is Trumah, which directly translated means "gift". It is very fitting that this portion falls the week of my bat mitzvah, as...
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