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#Tzav #ShabbatHaGadol #CleanlinessIsNextToGodliness #CleaningForPesach #CleaningForPublicHealth

Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Apr 3, 20203 min read

#Tzav #ShabbatHaGadol #CleanlinessIsNextToGodliness #CleaningForPesach #CleaningForPublicHealth

There is a fine line between fear and awe. This week in Parshat Tzav, we read: "This is the ritual of the sin offering: [it] shall be...

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Vayikra #Sacrifice #PhyiscalDistancing #SocialConnecting #MakeRoomForTheHoly

Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Mar 27, 20203 min read

Vayikra #Sacrifice #PhyiscalDistancing #SocialConnecting #MakeRoomForTheHoly

This week, as we begin the book of Leviticus (the 3rd of the 5 books of the Torah), we also, in many ways, open a new chapter in how we...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Feb 21, 20203 min read

#DollyPartonChallenge Accepted!

#Mishpatim #CognitiveWhiplash #JusticePursued #JusticeDenied #HowDoWeAtoneforTorah Do you know that feeling when you're reading through...

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"...I'm right up the road, I'll share your load, if you just call me."

Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Feb 14, 20204 min read

"...I'm right up the road, I'll share your load, if you just call me."

Yitro #TorahLifeHack #Delegate #LeanOnMe #NotReadyForRevelationYet #Teamwork

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Jan 10, 20202 min read

#ParshatVayechi - A call to action!

#Vayechi #OlderServeTheYounger #WrestleInjustice #CrossedArms #BeTheChange Full disclosure: I am an #OldestSibling. Growing up, I had a...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Dec 6, 20192 min read

Embrace the WOW!

#Vayeitzei #noticing #everydayholiness #gratitude #stairwaytoheaven This week in Parshat Vayeitzei, we read about an incredible...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Nov 29, 20192 min read

A Parsha *made for Thanksgiving*

#Toldot #dysfunctionalfamily #thanksgiving #noonesperfect I don't know if it was the headlines like "Ten Topics to Avoid at the...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Nov 22, 20193 min read

The birth of consent - and love

#ChayeiSarah #consent #metoo #believewomen #whatslovegottodowithit #everything This week's Torah portion, boasts many famous firsts:...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Nov 1, 20192 min read

Being Noah

#Noah #climatejustice #righteousness #watersrise #sodowe This week's Torah portion is one of the best known in our whole year cycle. You...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Oct 25, 20193 min read

...a new beginning

#Breisheet #beginning #orderfromchaos #startwithlight #creation #showupforshabbat After tragedy, how do we begin again? When what we know...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Oct 18, 20191 min read

The end is just the beginning...

#VzotHabracha #endings #blessings #newbeginning #mobius This week's Torah Portion, V'zot Habracha, is the final Torah portion in the...

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Moses was a poet, and he didn't even know it.

Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Oct 4, 20192 min read

Moses was a poet, and he didn't even know it.

#Haazinu #poetry #swansong #secretpoet #artistatheart This week's Torah Portion, Ha'azinu, contains Moses's final oration to the...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Sep 27, 20192 min read

Torah... it's ours!

#Nitzavim #RadicalWelcome #TorahIsOurs #WeCanGraspIt #Onward אַתֶּ֨ם נִצָּבִ֤ים הַיּוֹם֙ כֻּלְּכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Sep 20, 20192 min read

#TorahMeme for Parshat Ki Tavo

#KiTavo... #BlessingOrCurse #Choice #NotAChoice #ButReallyAChoice #CallingOut #Justice Two choices - two mountains. There they are, the...

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Rabbi Alanna Sklover

Sep 13, 20192 min read

#TorahMeme project... blasting off

Starting a new thing... let me know what you think. Presenting... this week's #TorahMeme & D'rash According to the US government,...

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