Religion – Page 174 – Prologue Journal

Parashat Beshalah: Bringing Shabbat into weekdays

Jerusalem Post In commemoration of the double amount of food that the children of Israel gathered for Shabbat, we place on the Shabbat table lehem mishne, two breads or challot. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-730371

Pope calls for Israel, Palestinians to halt ‘spiral of death’

Jerusalem Post Pope Francis said he had been greatly saddened by the news of both Palestinians and Israelis that have been killed over the past week. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-729970

Parashat Bo: The politics of extinction

Jerusalem Post Religious Jews must demonstrate the beauty and dignity of a life of divine commandment and moral commitment. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-729729

Parashat Bo: The balancing of Genesis 1 & Exodus 12

Jerusalem Post A mitzvah in parashat Bo is connected to the flight from slavery, as well as a year-round commandment: the establishment of a calendar. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-729735

Parashat Bo: Living a ‘miracle’

Jerusalem Post During specific and rare occasions, God decided to make nature work according to other rules. This is what we call a miracle. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-729732

Parashat Va’eira: Fact-checking

Jerusalem Post The small act of improving Moses’s speaking abilities would have gone a long way toward improving his ambitious agenda, yet God preserved Moses’s speech impediment. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728950

Parashat Va’eira: From weakness to strength

Jerusalem Post In this week’s parasha, Va’eira, God revealed His ineffable Name to Moses, in an attempt to fortify him to continue his task. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-729028

Parashat Va’eira: Who can’t?

Jerusalem Post A careful reading of Pharaoh’s words to Moses and Aaron shows an interesting linguistic oddity. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728958

Israel asks Pope, Red Cross to help recover four citizens held in Gaza

Jerusalem Post Israel is using all possible methods to bring citizens out of Gaza and back to safety in Israel. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-728893

Parashat Shemot: Attitudes about us

Jerusalem Post With the rise of anti-Jewish behavior around the world, we also need to pause and realize we are not alone as we have been in the past. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728397