Beha'alotcha is a packed portion!  It begins with the creation of a lampstand.  The Levites are purified and ready to serve.  There’s a 2nd Passover tradition, the Tabernacle is set up, and God brings quail to the desert.  Finally, there’s even a little gossip. 

Rabbi Charlie’s favorite line from the portion: “Purify yourselves for tomorrow you shall eat meat… You shall eat not one day, not two, not even five days…but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils…” (Exodus 11:18-20)

Shabbat Suggestion from the Union of Reform Judaism:

“I attend Torah Study at Temple and participate in Shabbat morning services. Following our brief, post-service Kiddush, about a half dozen of us go to lunch together.”

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