Think about what kinds of situations would cause a non-food famine for you, and about the places in our world where food famine is very much the issue.

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In all those cases, the text is talking about an actual famine where there isn't enough food. The prophet Amos talks about another type of famine where food isn't the issue. I'll have that text for us to look at during the service.

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Sometimes in the Tanach we're told that the people spoke קוֹל אֶחָד, in one voice. When do you think it's appropriate for many people to speak in one voice? Can you think of occasions where you were speaking with another person or people in one voice?

This would lead you to believe that this word is always about being loud, but it's not. God spoke to Elijah in a "still small voice". Note that this word is in the singular even though there are many voices that make up a group.

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According to the Torah, they are there for us to look at and to then remember all of God's commandments. Is that idea of looking at something to help remember something else something that works for you? How much can you remember being taught about this?

The Torah doesn't tell us how to tie them, but tradition has given us the instructions. Even though there are 4 of these cords, the word is in the singular and seems to refer to all 4 of them as one.

The exact word occurs one other time in the Tanach (Bible) in Ezekiel 8:3 (look it up, it's pretty cool). There it means the hair of the head or bangs. In older English the word "forelock" was used. See if you can figure out how these 2 words could possibly be related.

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Last, we use the word as one of the verbs that means to explain, or delve into the meanings of a biblical verse. Can you think of a way that this activity relates to "section or portion"?

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Here are the 3 most common Judaic uses of this word: There is a saying from Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers): אַל תִּפְרֹשׁ מֵהַצִּבּוּר which means "do not separate yourself from the community". We also talk about the part of the Torah we read each week as "פַּרְשַׁת הַשָׁבוּעַ" --the portion of the week.