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

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand October 20, 2017October 18, 2017
The first day of creation, according to the Nuremberg Chronicle
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Being true to your divine origin is lofty but doable

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 12, 2017
From the audiobook cover of "The Exodus" by Richard Elliott Friedman
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Two new books anatomize heavy-duty Torah concepts

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 12, 2017August 20, 2018
Peninsula Sinai member Steve Lipman, on left, views the historic Torah scroll with the sofer who repaired it, Rabbi Moshe Druin.
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Czech Torah going home after 47 years on Peninsula

by Rob Gloster September 14, 2017September 25, 2017

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