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Torah

From “The Grapes of Canaan” by James Tissot, circa 1900, showing a scene from Shelach, this week's Torah portion.
Posted inTorah

Forgive inadvertent wrongs, but watch out for willfulness

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider June 8, 2018June 7, 2018
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
Posted inColumns

When clouds and fire carry us through trying times

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
The names of lynching victims are inscribed on weathered steel columns that hang from the ceiling at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. (Photo/JTA-Ricky Carioti-The Washington Post-Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

When we allow social injustice to continue, we steal from God

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 25, 2018
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 inColumns

What makes us different? And what makes us holy?

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau April 26, 2018
(Photo/pxhere.com CC0)
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Take this week’s Torah portion with a literal grain of salt

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 16, 2018
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inColumns

4 questions to ask of our leaders before Passover

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 9, 2018March 8, 2018
Rabbi Sarah Shulman with the Wheel of Torah
Posted inJewish Life

For Ramah campers, it’s time to play ‘Wheel! Of! Torah!’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 2, 2018February 6, 2018
Moses Prince of Egypt Exodus
Posted inColumns

To be truly holy, the Torah needs a ‘hand’ from you

by Rabbi Rebecca Gutterman January 26, 2018January 25, 2018
"The Plague of Locusts" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

A national leader without empathy? The Torah knows all about that

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 19, 2018January 19, 2018
Train. You guys remember that band? No? "Drops of Jupiter." Yeah, those guys.
Posted inColumns

Waiting for a sign that pain and sorrow will be no more

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand October 20, 2017October 18, 2017

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