One of the reasons we chose February for LJ Israel month is that it is also the Jewish month of Adar, which starts today. We are used to leap years in our everyday calendar but this year is a leap year in the Jewish calendar. Rather than getting an extra day we get an extra month, Adar sheni (next month). As a result Adar is a month with no chag (Jewish festival) and a month that almost coincides perfectly with the four Shabbatot in February. It seemed a ready made opportunity to create our own month long festival.
We have given each week a theme and Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah from Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue has prepared some readings and study pieces for each Shabbat. This week the Torah portion is T'rumah so we start with the theme "Diversity and Plurality". You can read the reading below.
T’RUMAH – 1 Adar I / 5 February – DIVERSITY AND PLURALITY
Shabbat Shalom - please check back over the weekend for the first of our guest posts.
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