Parsha Key Tavoh: Conscious Torah in Action

Come on in, the water’s great!  Just don’t forget to thank our host.  This is how our parsha (weekly Torah portion) starts out.  The parsha is called Key Tavoh which means, “Because you will come,” and begins by saying that because you will be coming in to the land haShem (god) promised to give you, you should take the first fruits of the ground and bring them to haShem’s house.  We then read of the thanksgiving ritual we do with … Continue reading

Parsha Key Tavoh: To Fear or to Fear

The parsha (Torah portion) we read this week is quite a doozy.  After being told, in earlier parshas, to remove the inhabitants of the holy land because they behaved poorly, we are now told what will happen to us if we behave poorly.  It is not pleasant, but then I am getting ahead of myself.  The parsha starts off innocently enough with the description of the ritual of bringing the first fruits to the temple.  It then goes on to … Continue reading