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April 2026

April 21, 2026

The Holy Art of World Building

By Hannah Limov Parshiot Achrei Mot-Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1-18:30, 19:1-20:27) Dreaming is serious business. I spent...

March 2026

March 23, 2026

Parashat Tzav: Keeping the Sacred Fire Burning

Keeping Up the Fire This week’s parsha opens with fire. The fire burns on the altar all...

December 2025

December 08, 2025

Color Theory: What Joseph’s Coat Reveals

By Rabbi Adina Allen Parshat Vayeishev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) In his seminal work The Theory of Colors,...

November 2025

November 18, 2025

On That Very Day

By Rabbi Avi Killip Parashat Toldot Genesis 25:19-28:9 “On that very day that Abraham our...

October 2025

October 20, 2025

Returning to Fragile Routine

By Alyssa Coffey Parashat Noach Genesis 6:9-11:32 While I was blessed with a meaningful High...

September 2025

September 29, 2025

Ha’azinu: To Be Witnessed

Parashat Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) By Gila Axelrod In Parashat Ha’azinu, Moses delivers a poetic final...

September 15, 2025

Making Torah Expansive

Parashat Vayelech Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachman and Rabbi Yochanan ben Elazar, two 3rd...

September 09, 2025

To Inscribe Most Distinctly

By Alyssa Coffey, Hebrew College Rabbinical School student Ki Tavo Deut. 26:1-29:8 A passage in...

September 02, 2025

Within Our Torah and Ourselves

By Alyssa Coffey, Hebrew College Rabbinical School student Ki Teitzei Deut. 21:10-25:19 Parashat Ki Teitzei...

August 2025

August 27, 2025

Who are We to Judge?

By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel, Hebrew College Rabbinical School '22 Parashat Shoftim Deuteronomy 16.8-21.9 Parshat Shoftim...

August 18, 2025

The Source of Our Joy (Simcha)

By Rav Rachel Adelman, Hebrew College Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible Parashat Re’eh Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17...

August 14, 2025

Four Freedoms

By Adam Zemel Parashat Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) Parashat Eikev sees Moses continuing his long farewell address...

August 04, 2025

All the Days and All the Nights

By Alyssa Coffey, Editor, 70 Faces Va’etchanan Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Parshat Va’etchanan begins from a place...

July 2025

July 28, 2025

A Bridge Made of Words

By Rabbi Adam Lavitt, '12, Director of Learning, Jewish Studio Project Parashat Devarim Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22...

July 24, 2025

Are We There Ready Yet?

Parashat Matot Numbers 30:2-32:42 Parashat Masei Numbers 33:1-36:13 Recently, my oldest child delivered a dvar...

July 01, 2025

Reflecting Our Merits

Parshat Hukat Num 19:1-22:1 In the beginning of the second aliyah of Parshat Hukat, following...

June 2025

June 23, 2025

Reading Korach in Times of Trouble

By Rabbi Jessica Spencer, Hebrew College Rabbinical School `24 If you opened this week’s Torah...

June 16, 2025

Relating to the Collective

Parahat Sh'lach Numbers 13:1-15:41 When I take a moment to pick my head up out...

June 11, 2025

Elevating Sparks in the Desert of Life

By Risa Dunbar In the summer of 2011, I spent six weeks in Israel on...

June 04, 2025

The World Is “Under-Blessed”: A Call to Spiritual Generosity

Parashat Nasso Deuteronomy 4:21-7:89 My late teacher, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, of blessed memory, often said,...

May 2025

May 27, 2025

Coming Closer to the Divine

Parshat BaMidbar Numbers 1:1-4:20 Parshat BaMidbar ends with detailed instructions of how to properly pack...

May 12, 2025

Wild Hair, Broken Hearts

By Rabbi Avi Killip, Hebrew College Rabbinical School '14 Parashat Emor Leviticus 21:1-24:23 The priest...

May 05, 2025

Counting From and Counting Toward

By Rav Rachel Adelman '21 Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim Leviticus 16:1-18:30; Leviticus 19:1-20:27 These days I...

April 2025

April 30, 2025

Ancient Healthcare, Contemporary Humility

Parashat Tazria Leviticus 12:1-13:59 Chapter 13 of Leviticus lays out prescriptions for addressing tzara’at (often...

April 23, 2025

Breaking Risk

Parshat Shemini Lev. 9:1-11:47 Parshat Shemini concludes with God describing to Moshe many of the...

April 08, 2025

Constrained Freedom

By Julia Spiegel, fourth year rabbinical student Parashat Tzav Leviticus 6:1-8:36 The right to free...

April 02, 2025

Aleph: A Love Letter

Parashat Vayikra Leviticus 1:1-5:26 “Vayikra”: “And God called” (Lev 1:1). This could have been a...

March 2025

March 26, 2025

Blessing the Work of Our Hands

By Jayce Koester, Hebrew College rabbinical student Parashat Pekudei Exodus 38:21-40:38 My spouse and I...

March 18, 2025

How the Work Begins

By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel Parashat Vayekhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) There is no doubt that this year, 2025,...

March 10, 2025

The Enigma of Incense: Lessons from Parshat Ki Tisa

Stirring Ingredients By Alyssa Coffey, Hebrew College rabbinical student Parshat Ki Tisa Exodus 30:11-34:35 Towards...

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