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Tzav

An Offering of Thanksgiving

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Naamah Kelman
Both The Torah: A Modern Commentary 1 and The Torah: A Women's Commentary 2 offer the following midrash for this week's portion pertaining to the sacrifice of the sh'lamim given as an offering of thanksgiving: Though all sacrifices may be discontinued in the future (for in the messianic age humankind
Prayer candle in the dark surrounded by pumpkins and gourds
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Thanksgiving Meditation

Alden Solovy
God on High, What an amazing array of gifts Stand before us. Food, family, friends. Your bounty and grace. Let us remember those in need, And those who are also present here in silence: The fruit and vegetables picked by migrant workers. The fields planted and picked by underpaid laborers
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Judaism and the Music of Thanksgiving

Cantor Deborrah Cannizzaro

Ah, fall! In many parts of the country, the temperature has dropped, the leaves have turned shades of red, orange and yellow and are falling off the trees. It's time for Thanksgiving in the U.S.

For many Americans, the holiday evokes powerful sensory images

Torrah and Kippah
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The Simple Art of Thanksgiving

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Jonathan E. Blake
As a rabbinical student in Israel I camped out with my classmates under a star-glutted Negev sky to see Comet Hyakutake burn its trail through the night. It was a Shehecheyanu moment, and we offered the blessing with wide eyes. I imagine that some wilderness wanderer may have felt the