It was John who eventually told me that he experienced more terror at his inability to speak than from his inability to walk and move his hands and legs as he chose.
\”And these were the journeys of Israel from the time they left the land of Egypt at the hands of Moshe and Aharon.\” (Numbers 33:1)
For the Jewish people, the Torah is the moral compass that guides us through all difficult personal and ethical issues. Indeed, the most intimate and private parts of our lives are also subject to the direction of the Torah.
Stuck in endless urban traffic, the radio news ticks off the day\’s toll of rape, murder and mayhem, governmental ineptitude and unfathomable moral lunacy. Welcome to the wasteland. Welcome to Bamidbar.
All of us question authority at times. We do it for any number of reasons. Sometimes our ego motivates us. Sometimes the motivation stems out of a true desire to bring about a needed change.
Consider our ancestors in this week\’s Torah portion.
Wow, that hit me. Of course it has a different heartbeat than I do, but how could it? I\’m carrying this fetus inside of me; it\’s me. Or is it me?
Two words work to keep us from deeper, more spiritual lives: if only.
The Jewish Journal received numerous letters regarding Dennis Prager\’s \”Reform Needs Standards\” in our May 26 issue. The following is a selection of those letters with a special response from Dennis Prager.
So now a woman blowing a shofar in Israel could be committing a crime. So a woman reading aloud from a Torah scroll could be sentenced to seven years in jail. For an ancient tradition, Judaism is moving exceedingly fast, and in a crazy direction.
