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Parashat Bamidbar

Posted on October 2, 2017 by

Noa Posted in Book of Numbers, The 'Parasha' in Jerusalem

Every group of people who strives to establish a firm and sustainable society has to go through a true fundamental change. A young society has to start like an organized group. To make it simple: This society has to establish…

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Parashat Ki Tetze

Posted on December 1, 2015 by

Noa Posted in Book of Deuteronomy

Parashat Ki Tetze is a portion that inhabits a huge number of commandments – more that any other portion of the Torah. Some took the trouble and found as many as seventy-four commandments in the portion. Among other issues…

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The Weekly Parasha in the Streets of Jerusalem

Posted on September 8, 2014 by

Noa Posted in The 'Parasha' in Jerusalem

The weekly Tora Portion or ‘Parasha’ is the heartbeat of the Jewish calendar. Every week, throughout the year, Many Jews and many others who are not Jews unite while reading and studying an ancient text. From hundreds of years, Reading…

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Parashat Metzora

Posted on September 8, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Book of Leviticus, כללי

Parashat Metzora continues the previous parasha – Tazria. Both Parashot deal with one who is infected with leprosy, the ways he can be diagnosed the measures he should take and the purifying rituals he needs to practice. No wonder then…

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To the Temple Mount and its Surroundings

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Tours in Jerusalem - Adults

The Temple Mount is the beating heart of Jerusalem. This is the holiest place in the world to Jews and the third holiest to Islam, and without the Temple Mount Jesus wouldn’t have come to town. The Temple Mount plaza…

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A Tour and Discourse in Jerusalem

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in A tour guides Log

As a Tour Guide in Jerusalem, I work with many tourists and Israelis and I love working with diverse groups – I feel that meeting different groups keeps me sharp and gives me better knowledge of my own environment and…

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Nachlaot and Zichronot

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Tours in Jerusalem - Adults

What are the qualities associated with the citron’s juice? What do the Kurdish people think about the people of the city of Urfa? And which day is laundry day? A tour around the picturesque alleys of the Nachlaot and Zichronot…

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Parashat Bo

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Book of Exodus, The 'Parasha' in Jerusalem

‘Parashat Bo’ is one of my favorite weekly portions of the Tora. The book of Genesis holds many of the most interesting stories. These stories set example for human behavior for centuries. However, I still feel there is something missing…

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Parashat Vayehy

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Book of Genesis, The 'Parasha' in Jerusalem

The word Vayechi in Hebrew means “And he lived” and this is the twelfth Parasha in the annual Jewish cycle of the Torah reading. Here we read about Jacob, who is laying on his deathbed in the land of Goshen…

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Parashat Devarim

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Noa Posted in Book of Deuteronomy, The 'Parasha' in Jerusalem

“These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness in the Arabah opposite Suph”. These are the opening words of “Devarim” (Hebrew for words) the first Parasha in the Book of Deuteronomy (Called the…

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