Shabbat Shalom! This week’s Torah Portion is a double portion: Va’etchanan, Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11. I hope you will join us for Shabbat Services this week as we celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Moses Mensher: Friday, August 2, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, August 3, at 10:00 a.m.

Torah Question of the Week:

Have you ever wished you could take back a promise you made? Have you ever wanted someone else to do so on your behalf? In this first of this week’s double portion, we learn that when a person makes a vow to God, he or she is bound to fulfill it, except in the case of a wife or unmarried daughter, whose vow can be nullified by her husband or father. Do you think it is appropriate for someone to nullify another person’s promise? Under what circumstances?

Want to learn about the Torah portion?

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I hope to see you at services! Shabbat Shalom!

— Rabbi Adrienne : )