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Posted inTorah

The Torah on telling truth from falsehood

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
Posted inTorah

Honor our elders, especially in these excruciating times

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 1, 2020April 30, 2020
"Miriam Shut Out From The Camp" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, shows a scene from this week's Torah portion.
Posted inTorah

In this week’s Torah portion, a mysterious disease strikes

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 24, 2020April 23, 2020
black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
Posted inTorah

His sons consumed by fire, Aaron teaches us a silent lesson

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein April 17, 2020April 17, 2020
Moses Prince of Egypt Exodus
Posted inTorah

How to tell a Jewish story: ‘Yes, we can!’ not ‘No, we can’t’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 10, 2020
What makes Shabbat HaGadol — the Great Shabbat — so great? It's all about the goat. (LIBRESHOT/MARTIN VOREL)
Posted inPassover

What makes the ‘Great Shabbat’ so great? How do we make it meaningful this year?

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 2, 2020April 2, 2020
The ark doors at Congregation Agudas Achim in Austin, Texas, mimic an ancient depiction of the Hebrew calendar. (Photo/Rabbi Neil Blumofe)
Posted inColumns

It could be easy to lose sense of time during the coronavirus pandemic. Jewish tradition has an antidote for that.

Rabbi Benjamin Resnick by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick March 25, 2020March 25, 2020
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

Two little biblical letters that ‘mean nothing but express everything’

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 20, 2020March 19, 2020
Michaelangelo's Moses (WIKIMEDIA/JORG BITTNER UNNA CC BY 3.0)
Posted inColumns

The thorny issue of Moses’ radiant face

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 13, 2020March 12, 2020
Participants in the “No Hate, No Fear” solidarity march in lower Manhattan, Jan. 5, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

How much spiritual energy should we devote to anti-Semitism?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 6, 2020March 5, 2020

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