Oh my, Parashah Yitro packs a wallop! There is much to consider. The Reform Judaism website summary for Yitro states:
I need to share something with you. Ready? Lech Lecha is MY FAVORITE TORAH PORTION!!!
Okay, I admitted it, said it aloud, and shared it with all my WRJ sisters.
How did I come to that conclusion; you ask? 1. Lech Lecha was my Bat Mitzvah portion in 1961.
“The Eternal said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your land, your people’s land, your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.’” Genesis 12:1
Go forth…just do it…move on…
How many times have you been stuck, whether physically, emotionally, or spiritually?
Chukat, this week’s parasha, reveals the deaths of both Miriam and Aaron, not only significant leaders of the Jewish people, but siblings of perhaps our greatest leader Moses.
She called me “headstrong” and meant it as a compliment. I wasn’t so sure I liked that description, so I decided to check the dictionary – my leather-bound, 1966 high-school-gifted Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary.