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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)
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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
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inTorah

Our God is unfathomable. So where does that leave us?

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein February 28, 2020February 27, 2020
A group of women lead a sisterhood Shabbat dinner at a synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1943. (Photo/Flickr-Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest)
Posted inTorah

How do we save ourselves from ourselves? Shabbat.

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg February 20, 2020February 21, 2020
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inTorah

Lessons from the Altar — keep moving forward

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen February 14, 2020February 13, 2020

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