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Moses, Aaron and Hur during the Battle of Rephidim against the Amalekites.
Posted inTorah

In a world filled with Amalek thinking, do a mitzvah and blot it out

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan February 23, 2023March 3, 2023
Two Jewish girls protesting against child slavery with signs in English and Yiddish, 1909. (Photo/Library of Congress-George Grantham Bain collection)
Posted inColumns

Looking at slavery in the Torah through a modern lens

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 17, 2023
Moses and Jethro in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments"
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Here’s to the non-Jews in the Torah! (There are more than you might think)

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein February 10, 2023February 10, 2023
a 19th century painting of the scene
Posted inTorah

The monumental things that happen in the in-between

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf February 3, 2023February 2, 2023
“Pharaoh Notes the Importance of the Jewish People” by James Tissot, 1900
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Build a society on justice and compassion, and it will endure

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg January 27, 2023January 26, 2023
"The Fifth Plague" by Gustav Doré, 1866
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A pre-Pesach lesson on God’s mighty hand and plague No. 5

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen January 20, 2023January 19, 2023
"The Finding of Moses" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1904.
Posted inTorah

Is there power in keeping your name the same?

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 13, 2023January 13, 2023
"Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph" by Rembrandt, 1656
Posted inJewish Life

Sometimes, an inflated capital-T Truth is needed to deflate disharmony

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 6, 2023December 30, 2022
"Joseph, Overseer of the Pharaoh's Granaries" by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1874
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The ABC’s of fixing a relationship SNAFU in your life

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg December 30, 2022
"Mattathias Appealing to Jewish Refugees" by Gustav Doré, 1866
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This week’s dark Torah portion prepares us for ascent into the light

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein December 23, 2022December 22, 2022

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