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Torah

"Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" Gustave Doré, 1855
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We can survive struggles with our inner demons, just like Jacob

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein November 30, 2023November 30, 2023
(From left) Zilpah, Rachel and Dinah help Bilhah during childbirth in the 2014 TV miniseries "The Red Tent."
Posted inTorah

To reckon with history, stay open to new narratives

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler November 22, 2023November 21, 2023
A renaissance painting of two people, one of them Esau, speaking while crouched over a small flame
Posted inTorah

We can return to a place, but never to a moment

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 16, 2023November 17, 2023
"Rebecca and Eliezer" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ca. 1660 — a scene from this week's Torah portion, Chayei Sarah.
Posted inTorah

What kind of wife does Abraham have in mind for his son?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen November 9, 2023
"The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah," John Martin, 1852
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Abraham stands up against great power for all the right reasons

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 2, 2023November 2, 2023
"Abraham's Counsel to Sarai" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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This Torah portion’s focus on redemption of captives feels all too real

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 26, 2023
'Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat’ (1570) by Flemish painter Simon de Myle
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Prayer can be a shaft of light during the darkest times

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 19, 2023
Detail of “Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden” by Ori Sherman. (Photo/Courtesy Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life)
Posted inTorah

How Adam and Eve changed the very nature of our existence

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein October 12, 2023
From an engraving of throwing cakes to children on Simchat Torah by Johann Leusden in "Philologus Hebræo-Mixtus," Utrecht, 1657
Posted inTorah

Two more holidays, and then we start our annual cycle anew

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf October 5, 2023
Decorating the sukkah (Photo/Courtesy Hazon)
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Don’t cram Judaism into one day a year — come back for Sukkot

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

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