Please join student rabbi David Goodman and others for Nafshenu’s Torah study in-person at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 23rd - register to receive the address/link.

Please join Nafshenu in person (or on Zoom) Saturday morning, July 24th for Shabbat services with Reb Dovid (student rabbi David Goodman) and music leader Noah Levine. We’re meeting outdoors in a shelter behind Prince of Peace church, 61 E. Route 70, Marlton, NJ.

9:30 a.m. start, with coffee & donuts before, and kiddush and food afterward.

Join us for Nafshenu's Book Club this August, organized by Debbie Ottenberg. We will be reading The Deep by by Alma Katsu, and meeting on in-person on August 8th at 2:00 PM for a group discussion. Please register to receive the address!

The Torah gives us two versions of the Ten Commandments and we’re going to put them side-by-side to see what’s the same and what’s different. We encounter the latter version this week in Parashat V’ethanan/ואתחנן, (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11), the second portion in the Torah’s fifth and final book. 

One of the biggest differences between this version and the one back in Parashat Yitro of Exodus is the rationale for Shabbat, the day of rest. This week’s passage  calls it a commemoration of the exodus from Egypt, while the one in Exodus says it marks the creation of the world.

Even the thing we’re told to do is different. The Exodus version tells us “to remember” (לזכור) Shabbat, while Deuteronomy tells us “to guard” (לשמור) Shabbat.

What might these subtle differences mean for us today?

Please join Nafshenu for Torah Study on Friday and Shabbat Services Sunday morning.

- Reb Dovid