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“Bread and Salt” by Imre Amos, 1942
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Salt has been an essential ingredient in our ritual life since Temple times

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 19, 2026March 19, 2026

VayikraLeviticus 1:1-5:26 “The world is one-part wilderness, one-part settled land, and one-part sea. Said the sea: ‘Master of the Universe! The Torah will be given in the wilderness, the Holy […]

A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
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How can we all live together amicably? Leviticus explains.

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf March 24, 2023March 23, 2023
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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Why the Torah’s itty-bitty aleph has such huge meaning

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 11, 2022March 10, 2022
Photo of a chocolate cake with candles that spell out "Happy Birthday"
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Vayikra is bad for birthday cakes, but good for life guidance

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf March 19, 2021March 18, 2021
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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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In an age of narcissism, the value of humility

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 30, 2017

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