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Asking core questions about the Torah text to create a meaningful connection with its Author.

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Birkat Kohanim ends with shalom — peace.

@DavidFohrman: this is the hardest love a parent can give. Not smiling down at your child, but looking across at them as an equal — even when they've chosen differently than you.

Lift your eyes. Meet their gaze.

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The priestly blessing holds 3 kinds of parental love:

Rachamim — the love of the womb, protecting.
Chein — the smile you can't help but give when your eyes meet your child's.
Shalom — the love that lets go.

Which does your child need most right now?

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Why does Behaalotecha open with the Menorah?

@DavidFohrman: The Mishkan is God's face in the world. The Menorah is its light — the moment God can't help but smile when He looks at us.

"Ya'eir Hashem panav eilecha" — God lighting up His face.

Pure unconditional love. ✨

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In Behaalotecha, Moses breaks: "Kill me — I can't carry this people anymore."

God doesn't agree. He spreads Moses' spirit to 70 elders and stays.

Rabbi Fohrman: when Moses can't stand up for the people, God picks up the slack. 🕯️

https://t.co/G12os756R9

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Why would anyone become a Nazir — vow off wine, haircuts, AND contact with the dead, all at once?

These restrictions look random. But the thread that connects them quietly rewrites what "closeness to God" really means.

🔗 https://t.co/ENAuu3axhY

#Naso #Parsha

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Miriam didn’t know how salvation would come. She only knew it would.

So when doom seemed certain, she didn’t look away.
She stood. She watched.

Maybe that’s the lesson: faith isn’t certainty. It’s refusing to avert your eyes.

Learn more: https://t.co/Mf20JuLUBl

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One of the wildest ideas in Parashat Naso:

God allows His own name to be erased…
to save a marriage.

The Torah is telling you something enormous:
Peace between people is so sacred that even Heaven bends for it.

Go deeper: https://t.co/jvU3IqSFUv

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What if jealousy isn’t always the problem?

In Parashat Naso, the Torah suggests something radical:
A marriage without jealousy at all might be just as broken as one consumed by it.

The real danger isn’t emotion.
It’s when suspicion turns into scorn.

https://t.co/jvU3IqTdK3

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The man chosen to build the Mishkan has a fascinating name: Betzalel.

Some suggest his name is an acronym:
בצלם אלוקים
B’tzelem Elokim
“In the image of God.”

Because creation isn’t just something God does.
It’s something we were created to do too.

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Shavuot starts tonight — but here's something strange:

The Torah's own descriptions of Shavuot never mention Sinai or receiving the Torah. So what is this holiday actually about?

🔗 https://t.co/cmcWvJ8HCY

#Shavuot

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The Book of Ruth becomes more powerful when you realize:

Ruth is retracing Abraham’s journey.

Leaving home.
Walking toward uncertainty.
Choosing kindness over self-preservation.

She restores the very family Abraham began.

More in our guide: https://t.co/7tmSPB6mnE

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QUIZ:
Name what we celebrate on Pesach! On Sukkot? On Shavuot?

If the third one slowed you down — you're not alone.

Shavuot has no shofar, no matzah, no sukkah.

Just one day, and an idea so big the whole calendar quietly revolves around it.

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We left Egypt to be free.

Seven weeks later, we showed up at a mountain to receive 613 commandments.

Doesn't that sound like… the opposite of freedom?
Unless freedom means something very different from what we usually think.

🎥 https://t.co/n6KgctN5aV

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Ready to dive deep into the powerful and emotional story of Ruth?

Free guide available here: https://t.co/bHcYngBXMO

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Shavuot is the day we celebrate receiving the Torah at Sinai.

So why do we read the story of a Moabite widow who marries a farmer in Bethlehem?

The answer is one of the most beautiful surprises in Tanach.

🎥 https://t.co/Hdx0zjz18q

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Why does God count people He clearly already knows?

Bamidbar opens with a census — but the Torah uses TWO words for one act: "lift up the head" and "number." Hidden in that gap is a quiet meditation on what gives our lives meaning.

🔗 https://t.co/5XvaEAiIj1

#Parsha #Bamidbar

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If God is infinite and all-powerful, why does the Torah say He rested on the seventh day?

The answer flips what Shabbat is really about.

Hint: rest isn't the opposite of work — it might be the whole point of it.

🎥 https://t.co/7uTz7Afs59

#Shabbat250

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America is celebrating #Shabbat250 - are you prepared?

25 hours. No phone. No driving. No email.
To a lot of people that sounds restrictive.

But what if the laws of Shabbat are a doorway into a kind of time you can't access any other way?

🎧 https://t.co/A76DfriTUL

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America is celebrating #Shabbat250 and so are we!

Check out this beautiful exploration of "Shalom Aleichem." Just hearing the words makes you taste the chicken soup and see the glow of the candles.

Click below for a surprising insight:

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In honor of #Shabbat250, we're diving deep into the essence of the Sabbath this week.

In this video, Rabbi Fohrman examines the term "melacha" and explains that time and space are the two realms in which we explore our connection with God.

https://t.co/XGC3veMdTL