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Matot-Masei

Detail of The Creation of the Sun and the Moon by Francisco de Holanda,
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Solar corrections to the lunar calendar demonstrate the wisdom of our ancestors

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Matot-MaseiNumbers 30:2-36:13 This week’s double Torah portion, Matot-Masei, is filled with all manner of interesting […]

Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
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The Torah cannot justify revenge attacks in the West Bank

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 13, 2023July 14, 2023
"The City of Refuge" by Charles Foster, 1897
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Providing sanctuary for refugees is a Biblical imperative

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein July 29, 2022July 28, 2022
(Photo/Flickr-John McCullough CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Our journey through Covid must count for something

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 9, 2021July 8, 2021
a black and white engraving of a crowd of people marching through a dessert
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If you’re grateful, don’t just say it — you have to feel it, too

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg July 17, 2020July 16, 2020
Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
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What can we glean from the Bible’s disturbing passages?

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

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