This week’s parsha (Torah portion) is a very full parsha. It starts with the taking of a census and how to avoid a plague while doing it. Then it tells how important it is for Aharon and his sons to wash before serving in the tent of meeting, in order to keep from dying. Next we are told of the anointing oil and the incense, and then we read who the main builders of the mishcan (tabernacle) will be. Next … Continue reading
This week’s parsha (Torah portion) is called b’shalach, and it finishes off the pharaoh and Egypt portion of our story. And likewise, we will conclude the discussion on the breaking of habits that control us. After all, if pharaoh represents the part of us that wants to keep us enslaved to a habit, it would make sense that his destruction signifies the destruction of whatever is keeping us from being free. But that is not all that happens in the … Continue reading