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Parashat Va-et’chanan: How We Can Help Others Journey to the Promised Land
By Sarah Koffler This week we read Parashat Va-et’chanan (Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11), which opens with Moses…
Parashat Balak: Embracing Our Intuition to Lean In to Good, Love, and Blessing
By Mark S. Young Have you ever seen something beautiful others saw as ugly? Likewise,…
Parashat Sh’lach L’cha: Why the Fringes on My Tallit Draw Me Close to Sweet Memories
By Jane E. Herman “The Eternal said to Moses as follows: Speak to the Israelite…
Parashat Naso: Like Gifts to the Divine, Every Human Being Has Value
By Rabbi Doniel Z. Kramer, Ph.D. This week’s Torah portion (Numbers 4:21-7:89), which almost always…
Parashat Bamidbar: Like the Wilderness, the Words of Torah Are for Everyone
By Rabbi Sarah Schechter This week, we begin reading from Sefer Bamidbar (the Book of…
Parashat Behar-Bechukotai: Sabbath for Land, Sabbath for All
By Isabel Mares As we watch springtime offer us its technicolor bounties, I recall the…
Parashat Emor: What Is Our Role in Marking the Passage of Time?
By Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg Since the pandemic, I’ve heard many people remark on how time…
Acharei Mot/Kedoshim: Self-Care Is the Best Way to Care for Others
By Rabbi Barbara Speyer The double portion of Acharei Mot/Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1-18:30) contains many laws…
Parashat Tazria/Metzora: Words Matter, Choose Them Carefully
Rabbi Bonnie Koppell If we knew with certainty, with absolute certainty, that we could 100%…
Parashat Shemini: Do You Need to Apologize? Be Sure to Listen First
By Rabbi Bonnie Koppell How hard, or easy, is it for you to say, “I…