Sabrina SojournerJan 165 minSome are Guilty, But All are Responsible.Remarks from Kabbalat Shabbat, 13 Sh’vat 5782 at Kol Shalom Rockville, MD In this week’s parashah B’Shallach, after celebrating the...
Sabrina SojournerJul 9, 20214 minEnough Is EnoughThis week’s parashah is Matot-Masei (Tribes-Marches). Totally 244 verses and covering a wide range of events and topics, this double...
Sabrina SojournerFeb 26, 20214 minT'tzaveh Sh’mot/Exodus 27.20-30.10: It’s Complicated![1] Summary and Commentary: This week's parashah, T'tzaveh—(you) shall instruct—is the 8th parashah of Sh'mot and the 20th of the Torah. It's...
Sabrina SojournerFeb 5, 20217 minYit'ro Sh’mot/Exodus 18.1 – 20.23 Summary and Commentary with a Social Justice and Reflective LensYit'ro is the fifth parashah of Sh'mot, the seventeenth of the Torah, and the shortest of all the parshiyot. It begins with the return of...
Sabrina SojournerJan 29, 202111 minB’shalakh Sh’mot/Exodus 13.17–17.16 Summary & Commentary through a Social Justice & Reflective LensB’shalakh is the fourth parashah of Sh’mot and the 16th of the Torah. It begins with Pharaoh banishing us from Egypt. Of course, The...
Sabrina SojournerJan 22, 20219 minBo-Sh’mot/Exodus 10.1-13.16 Summary and Commentary through a Social Justice and Reflective LensBo, the third parshah of Sh'mot and the fifteenth of the Torah, presents the final three signs from the Eternal: locust, touchable...
Sabrina SojournerJan 17, 20217 minListening to the Heart Beth El Montgomery County Sisterhood/Zhava Shabbat Resnik Memorial Lecturer, Shabbat Sh’mot Martin Luther King Weekend, January 16, 2021...
Sabrina SojournerJan 15, 202111 minVa-eira Summary and Commentary through a Social Justice and Reflective LensVa-eira (and I appeared) is Sh'mot's second parashah and the Torah’s fourteenth. The Eternal continues to cultivate an intimate...
Sabrina SojournerJan 7, 202111 minParashat Sh’mot: Summary and Commentary through a Social Justice and Reflective LensSh'mot (names) is the Hebrew name for the book of Exodus and its first parashah, the 13th parashah of the Torah. The first paragraph...
Sabrina SojournerJan 7, 20214 minVayigash Sh'mot / Approaching Sh’motIn the Summer of 2019, I was approached by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality to be one of five women commentators on the Torah for...
Sabrina SojournerNov 19, 20205 minThe Endless ReservoirThis week’s parshah is Tol’dot (25.19-28.), the sixth parashah of Breisheet/Genesis and the Torah. It begins with וְאֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת...
Sabrina SojournerSep 18, 20201 minAvinu Malkeinu for This TimeAvinu Malkeinu, open our hearts so that we will see all the things we have been unwilling to see, and grow in humility and compassion....
Sabrina SojournerSep 18, 20202 minWaiting for Angels, Signs, or MessengersWhy is this one of the stories we read on Rosh HaShanah? Because it is a reminder of the fragility of life, and because Yitz’khak’s life is
Sabrina SojournerJul 1, 20201 minTorah Scroll LoveI miss each and every Torah scroll I had the pleasure of Leyning Rolling Teaching from Carrying to each congregant to Touch Kiss Touch...
Sabrina SojournerJun 3, 20207 minHow to Properly Count JewsThroughout the Torah and the Talmud there are lots of numbers. One of the most famous numbers is 600,000.
Sabrina SojournerMay 28, 20202 minCounting Omer 5780, Day 49: Malkhut shebeMalkhut Foundation, Establishment, Essential; the Cosmological and Mystical Foundation upon which the Divine One created the...
Sabrina SojournerMay 27, 20202 minCounting Omer 5780, Day 48 Y’sod ShebeMalkhut Foundation, establishment, setting the foundation, fundamental; foundation upon with The Divine One created the...
Sabrina SojournerMay 26, 20202 minCounting Omer 5780, Day 47 Hod ShebeMalkhut Exquisite Beauty, Splendor, Glory, Vigor, Magnificence, and Pomp within Foundation, Establishment, Essential; the...
Sabrina SojournerMay 25, 20203 minCounting Omer 5780, Day 46Netzakh ShebeMalkhut Eternity, Forever, Splendor, Perpetuity, Endurance, Long-Lasting, and Spiritual Victory within Shekhinah, Majesty,...
Sabrina SojournerMay 21, 20202 minCounting Omer 5780, Day 43: The Seventh Week of Counting Omer we examine our relationship to the nature of Malkhut (מלכות), the 10th Sephirah on the Kabbalistic Tree...