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Torah

The first day of creation, according to the Nuremberg Chronicle
Posted inColumns

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
Posted inColumns

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.
Posted inNews

Czech Torah going home after 47 years on Peninsula

by Rob Gloster September 14, 2017September 25, 2017
Posted inTorah

We are all orphans, diaspora jackals, seeking consolation

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer August 3, 2017August 4, 2017
a colorful illustration of two men hefting a large branch with a large bunch of grapes on it
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

4 ways to act with wisdom and grace when all around a nation is in chaos

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg June 15, 2017June 16, 2017
black in white illustration of a man in robes reaching out to a man hunched over and hiding his face
Posted inColumns, Jewish Life, Torah

What is the relationship between purity and health?

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand April 27, 2017April 27, 2017
a spread of the lyrics handwritten in Hebre with bird-headed figures in the margins
Posted inColumns, Jewish Life, Torah

Dayenu! How much spiritual progress is truly enough?

Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi by Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi April 13, 2017April 13, 2017
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, Jewish Life, Torah

In an age of narcissism, the value of humility

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 30, 2017
a 19th century painting of the scene
Posted inColumns, Passover, Holidays, Jewish Life, Torah

After we emerge from suffering, we still need healing

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider March 23, 2017
black and white engraving
Posted inColumns, Jewish Life, Torah

Seeing the human being on the other side of the divide

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 23, 2017

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