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Steampunk Torah: Parsha Vayetze

June 5, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

The out-of-this-world fantasy fiction series by Rivkah Raven, based on midrashim (legends) of the Torah portions: Steampunk Torah!

This week features Parsha Vayetze. Here’s a taste of what’s in store…

Cora sat and read. She forgot about Jac and the other woman whom she’d discovered missing from the Healing Cottages; she forgot that she was alone and lost; she forgot that she was sitting in an odd catacomb that had somehow hijacked her own created tunnel – a very strange catacomb filled, not with corpses, but with books and scrolls.

She sat on the dry floor, her legs tucked comfortably to the side, and she read, her lips parted slightly, her eyebrows raised.

She was reading her life…

Download chapter 31 of Steampunk Torah by clicking here. Is this your first time? Download all the chapters by clicking here.

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Post Your D’Var Torah On PunkTorah!

September 30, 2010 by Patrick Beaulier

Do you have a favorite Torah portion? Or an opinion you’d like to share?
Do you like to write, make videos, record songs, create art?

Contribute a d’var Torah for 5771 at PunkTorah.org! A d’var doesn’t have to be something scholarly. It can be a poem, a photograph, a piece of music…anything that expresses your view of a portion of the Torah.

Below is a list of the weekly Torah portions that are coming up. We would need your portion the week before it “drops”. We’ve already filled up the spots for the first book of the Torah (Bereshit), so if you’re interested in being a part of this community-wide, Jewish social-spiritual experiment, act now!

Leviticus

Parashat Vayikra – 12 March 2011

Parashat Tzav – 19 March 2011 Shaun Sarvis

Parashat Shmini – 26 March 2011

Parashat Tazria – 02 April 2011

Parashat Metzora – 09 April 2011 Shaun Sarvis

Parashat Achrei Mot – 16 April 2011

Parashat Kedoshim – 30 April 2011

Parashat Emor – 07 May 2011

Parashat Behar – 14 May 2011

Parashat Bechukotai – 21 May 2011

Exodus

Parashat Shemot – 25 December 2010 Patrick Aleph/Michael Sabani
Parshat Vaera – 01 January 2011 Elchanan Ben Avraham
Parashat Bo – 08 January 2011 Michele Paiva
Parashat Beshalach – 15 January 2011 Michael Croland
Parashat Yitro – 22 January 2011 Michele Paiva
Parashat Mishpatim – 29 January 2011 Michael Sabani
Parashat Terumah – 05 February 2011 Michael Sabani
Parashat Tetzaveh – 12 February 2011 Patrick Aleph
Parashat Ki Tisa – 19 February 2011 Michele Paiva
Parashat Vayakhel – 26 February 2011 Ketzirah
Parashat Pekudei – 05 March 2011 Ketzirah

Genesis (Full)

Parashat Bereshit – 02 October 2010 Michael Sabani

Parashat Noach – 09 October 2010 Patrick Aleph

Parashat Lech-Lecha – 16 October 2010 Reina Kutner

Parashat Vayera – 23 October 2010 Patrick Aleph/Michael Sabani

Parashat Chayei Sara – 30 October 2010 Kristin the Jewbie

Parashat Toldot – 06 November 2010 Alison Laichter

Parashat Vayetzei – 13 November 2010 Joshua Kuritzky

Parashat Vayishlach – 20 November 2010 Matthew Gindin

Parashat Vayeshev – 27 November 2010 Jessica Moore

Parashat Miketz – 04 December 2010 Patrick Aleph/Michael Sabani

Parashat Vayigash – 11 December 2010 Gordon Haber

Parashat Vayechi – 18 December 2010 Nitzchiya

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