Hollisa Alewine

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – RE’EH (Babylon Burning) PART 1

Posted by Hollisa Alewine | Aug 15, 2021 | Biblical Basics, Torah Class - Hollisa Alewine, Understanding Torah, Weekly Torah Portion Reading |

Re’eh holds some of the severest judgments for idolatry. The “odds and ends” that follow are not a disconnected jumble of various instructions. Jewish scholars have been discussing their connections from long ago, but perhaps the easiest summary is found in the Book of Revelation. Israel’s destruction of idol-worship was to create a pattern for the other nations. By destroying the idols, Israel would inherit a land where freedom invited unity, not multiple gods.

The most widely-recognized judgment fulfilled in Revelation is the one pronounced upon an idolatrous city that must be burned to the ground: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great…” And it will continue to smoke in order to warn the world away from the deception of idolatry.

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – EKEV (The Mezuzah Embrace)

Posted by Hollisa Alewine | Aug 8, 2021 | Biblical Basics, Torah Class - Hollisa Alewine, Understanding Torah, Weekly Torah Portion Reading |

Join us for this week’s Torah Portion. Ekev is a wonderful view of the important events and commandments associated with them. Moses even recounts the story of how the first set of tablets was smashed and the second set of tablets, or luchot, were given in place of them.

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – VAETCHANAN (O, Jerusalem ) PART 2

Posted by Hollisa Alewine | Aug 1, 2021 | Biblical Basics, Torah Class - Hollisa Alewine, Understanding Torah, Weekly Torah Portion Reading |

The twelve tribes were to rule the 70 nations, not be ruled by them. Prayer has become increasingly important with the loss of the Temple. The interests of Israel may conflict with the ruling principalities and powers assigned to the nations:

Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was standing in my way for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, because the vision pertains to the days still future.” (Da 10:12-14)

Join us in Part 2 of VAETCHANAN- O, Jerusalem.

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – DEVARIM (The 2 x 4 Generation)

Posted by Hollisa Alewine | Jul 18, 2021 | Biblical Basics, Torah Class - Hollisa Alewine, Understanding Torah, Weekly Torah Portion Reading |

Question: What’s different about Moses’ delivery of words in Devarim from his addresses in the other books of Torah?

Answer: He uses more textual hints rather than direct hits, such as “Tophel and Lavan” rather than explicitly point out their quarrelings, slanders, and complaints (tophel) about manna (lavan, white). He’s subtler with the second generation, which has the ability to read deeper meanings in his words. The previous generation was the “2 x 4 Generation.” In his lesson on Devarim, a rabbi said even if you hit them upside the head with a 2 x 4, they’d argue, rebel, shift blame, and complain.

Question: What’s different about the generation receiving the Devarim?

Answer: They received Moses’ teaching words of rebuke silently, without pointing out the obvious. These were the mistakes of the previous generation, the 2 x 4s.

Let’s learn from the rebukes of this week’s Torah Portion.

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – MATTOT & MASEI (The Avengers of Blood)

Posted by Hollisa Alewine | Jul 11, 2021 | Biblical Basics, Torah Class - Hollisa Alewine, Understanding Torah, Weekly Torah Portion Reading |

The Torah portions Mattot/Masei hold two commandments that at first glance, are unrelated. At second glance, they both instruct Israel about blood revenge. In the case of the Midianites who seduced Israel to idolatry and sexual immorality, “Moses spoke to the people, saying, ‘Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.'” (Nu 31:3)

Author: Hollisa Alewine

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – RE’EH (Babylon Burning) PART 1

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – EKEV (The Mezuzah Embrace)

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – VAETCHANAN (O, Jerusalem ) PART 2

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – DEVARIM (The 2 x 4 Generation)

DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – MATTOT & MASEI (The Avengers of Blood)

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