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What to make of those two  ‘flying nuns’ in the Torah

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 27, 2021
A person holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
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The Torah has a lot to say about privilege

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 21, 2021May 20, 2021
"The Israelites' encampment in the wilderness, guided by God in the form of a pillar of smoke" by J.J. Derghi, 1866
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Cultural conformity on the road to Canaan

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
oil painting of girl in blue dress asleep on the ground
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This week’s Torah takeaway: Give yourself a needed rest

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 7, 2021May 10, 2021
Smoke from the sacrificial altar rises up from Jerusalem in this 1890 painting by James Tissot.
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Flamin’ hot take: The Torah’s notion of sacrifice isn’t outdated

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 30, 2021April 29, 2021
This week's Torah portion lists 74 laws, including the law of gleaning, which says that fallen crops must be left for widows and orphans, as seen in "Gleaners" by James Tissot.
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In the Torah’s ‘Holiness Code,’ justice must be served

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 23, 2021April 22, 2021
Based on detail from "Miriam Shut Out From The Camp" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, which shows a scene from this week's Torah portion.
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This week’s Torah portion offers insights on suicide 

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan April 16, 2021April 15, 2021
"The Two Priests Are Destroyed" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, shows Nadav and Avihu being struck down in this week's Torah portion, Shemini.
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In a crisis, we can only control how we choose to respond

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon April 9, 2021April 8, 2021
a 19th century painting of the scene
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Emerging from Covid is our parting-of-the-Red-Sea moment

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 2, 2021April 1, 2021
Smoke from the sacrificial altar rises up from Jerusalem in this 1890 painting by James Tissot.
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We are imperfect — but commanded to do better

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein March 26, 2021March 25, 2021

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