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A model of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem
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In this week’s Torah portion, a lesson on treasuring rubbish

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 18, 2022March 17, 2022
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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Why the Torah’s itty-bitty aleph has such huge meaning

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 11, 2022March 10, 2022
Benjamin West's "Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant" (Image/Wikimedia Commons)
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All systems go! How the Jews began their takeoff in Exodus

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein March 3, 2022March 7, 2022
Detail from Paolo Veronese's 'Esther Crowned by Ahasuerus,' 1556.
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Focusing on God and community once a week is a good thing

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf February 24, 2022
The Golden Calf, as seen in the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments."
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Does your story of yourself help or hinder you?

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 18, 2022February 17, 2022
Illustration of the High Priest offering a sacrifice from Henry Davenport Northrop's "Treasures of the Bible," 1894
Posted inTorah

Why the Torah cares so much about these two little sheep

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen February 11, 2022February 10, 2022
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
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Our hands and heads held high, let’s scale those spiritual heights

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan February 4, 2022February 4, 2022
A view of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 17, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Emil Lippe-Getty Images)
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In a time of crisis, set aside resentments and rouse your better angels 

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 27, 2022January 27, 2022
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inTorah

Shifting focus from everyday anxieties opens us to encounters with God

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg January 21, 2022January 20, 2022
“Lamentations Over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt” by Charles Sprague Pearce, 1877
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Midnight can be the moment that changes the course of history

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf January 7, 2022January 6, 2022

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