The Morning Scroll Mishkan Chicago

This week's "Fun Size" parshah provides a fascinating insight into Bronze Age cardiology.

"If you seek eternal bliss / come to this aortic bris."
-Moshe

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“If much of Deuteronomy is a prophetic vision or dream, the tochachah is the nightmare.”
-Metallica

"Exit light! Enter night! Take my hand — we're off to Never Never Land."
-Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

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Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.
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What's the deal with stoning your sons? Anybody ever stone their son in front of a live audience? Nobody? Gee, tough crowd.

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"Justice, justice, you shall pursue."

What could those cryptic words mean? To find out, Rabbi Deena goes straight to the source: the most boring man no longer alive.

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"...Anyone who says they are a prophet with further instructions from God is to be treated as a liar and put to death, no matter how many tricks they perform." Magicians — you're on notice.

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Life is like a box of chocolates — you know exactly what you're going to get, because the packaging is well labeled and each chocolate looks slightly distinct, so you can tell the tasty ones from the ones filled with, like, raisin nougat. What I'm trying to say is that you've been a good little kid, and as a reward, you're going to get the very best chocolates in this box, because G_d says that life should be fair

But is it?

Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.
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