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Dec 14, 2022

10 Years After Sandy Hook: A Jewish Reflection

One of the beautiful things about Torah, something that comes around every time we turn to the Joseph story, is what might, on the surface seem like a young adult novel, with a dash of the Divine, a complicated story of descent and personal return. Joseph is not set up…

Sandy Hook

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10 Years After Sandy Hook: A Jewish Reflection
10 Years After Sandy Hook: A Jewish Reflection
Sandy Hook

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Dec 7, 2022

VaYishlach: Wiser by the Wound

On the eve of his fraught reconciliation with Esau, Jacob is engaged in a wrestling match that lasts the night. In the end, Jacob is left with a wound which will cause him to limp for the rest of his days, along with a new name.[1] Until this point, Jacob…

Torah

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Torah

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Nov 28, 2022

VAYEITZEI: Sleep. Rest. Dream.

As Jacob escapes from his brother’s murderous rage, the result of Jacob’s subterfuge and lies, he encounters a place. We are not told where this place is, merely its brute fact. “He encountered a place”[1] somewhere between a murderous brother and a city full of familial lore but which he…

Torah

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VAYEITZEI: Sleep. Rest. Dream.
VAYEITZEI: Sleep. Rest. Dream.
Torah

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Nov 15, 2022

Chayei Sarah: Twilight and Uncertainty

Auschwitz survivor Dr. Edith Eger once said: “We don’t cover garlic with chocolate, there is no forgiveness without rage, but love conquers all.” Her words recall verses from Song of Songs: “Let me be a seal upon your heart, like the seal upon your hand. For love is fierce as…

Twilight

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Chayei Sarah: Twilight and Uncertainty
Chayei Sarah: Twilight and Uncertainty
Twilight

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Nov 7, 2022

VaYera: Seeing Each Other

The first word in Parashat VaYera comes from the verb root “ro’eh,” which means “to see.” In so many ways, this Parashah is all about what happens when we truly see — and fail to see — each other. When God commands Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, God fails to see…

Torah

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Torah

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Nov 3, 2022

Lech Lecha: A beautiful, fragile world

There is no obvious explanation in the biblical text for why it was Abram who was called by God for the sacred calling. What were the qualities that made him worthy? We just don’t know. But we can imagine, as the ancient rabbis did in the following midrash : “Rabbi…

Torah

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Lech Lecha: A beautiful, fragile world
Lech Lecha: A beautiful, fragile world
Torah

3 min read


Oct 25, 2022

Noach: Good Enough?

The narrative stories found in the Book of Genesis are rich and full of life. Each character seems to jump off the Torah scroll and into our hearts. One cannot help but feel drawn in by the stories we return to year in and year out. Through the patriarchs and…

Torah

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Noach: Good Enough?
Noach: Good Enough?
Torah

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Oct 9, 2022

Sukkot: “Feel Something”

“It’s the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We’re always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we…

Sukkot

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Sukkot: “Feel Something”
Sukkot: “Feel Something”
Sukkot

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Aug 26, 2022

Re’eh: How Things Should Be

There is a world we wish for and the real one we’ve got. The core message of Torah is that we, in partnership with the Holy One, can, and therefore must, change the world for the better. Even the Land of Israel, according to some, is not intrinsically holy, but…

Torah

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Torah

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Aug 14, 2022

Eikev: The Consequences of Listening

Life is a series of choices and consequences. We experience this truth today, just as Moses experienced it thousands of years ago. Now, in the midst of the book of Devarim (Deuteronomy), best understood as Moses’ ethical will, we hear the distilled lessons of a prophet desperate to see his…

Torah

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Eikev: The Consequences of Listening
Eikev: The Consequences of Listening
Torah

2 min read

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