We often visualize leaders as standing above or in front of their constituents but it’s interesting to notice that here the people are standing over Moses. Sometimes being a leader is backbreaking, exhausting, overwhelming, even demoralizing. (Continued in comments)

Todays #Torahthought as I study the #parasha: The Israelites seem to disobey Moses’ instructions. Some may have done so intentionally but this commentary notes that some of them may legitimately not have known any better (ie they never got the instructions). (Continued in comments)

Great teaching from @steinsaltz.bsky.social Great teaching from @steinsaltzcenter - Every person must face a combination of the miraculous and the routine. How do we find the miraculous in the everyday moments? How do we uplift the routine and find sacredness within it? #torahteaching

Today’s thought on the #parasha inspired by my daily study with the @steinsaltzcenter app: The Israelites rewrite their memories of Egypt in their panic over surviving the harshness of the wilderness. (Continued in comments)

Powerful learning from this week’s Torah portion (c/o the awesome @steinsaltzcenter app). Gods name can equate breath and eternity or it can connote calamity and destruction.

Follow onto comments for the rest of my thinking on this.

This week’s #parashapoem (continued below) is all about seizing opportunities. If God’s ladder suddenly appeared in front of you, would you get on? #seizetheday #youreinvited #comeonup #sacredwriting #parashapoetryproject

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This week’s #parshapoem can also be viewed at rabbiemmagottlieb.com/2024/11/25/s... (see all three posts for full poem) 🙏 👬

Happy Monday Blue Sky!

You said it, little green owl.

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