Maureen Kendler

Bemidbar

"Take a census of the entire Israelite community. Do it by families following the paternal line, according to the name of each male…every male over 20 years old, who is fit for service" Numbers 1:2-3

Acharei Mot

"And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat " Leviticus 16:21

Shemini

"And the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture and the stork and the heron after its kinds and the hoopoe and the bat" Leviticus 11:18-19

Ki Tissa

"And I said to them, whoever has any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it to me and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf" Exodus 32:24

Beshallach

"Out of the window she looked out and peered, the mother of Sisera through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming?'" Judges 5:28

Toldot

"And Rebecca heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son" Genesis 27:5

Bereshit

"And Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him" Genesis 4:8

Hannah, the heroine of Rosh Hashanah

When life seems hard, the mother of the prophet Samuel shows us a way to get through

Debate prejudice in class, but not under exam conditions

Ki Tetzei

“And you see among the captives a woman of fair appearance, and you desire her and want her for a wife, then you shall bring her home to your house”

Devarim

Chukkat