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November 2022

November 15, 2022

Blessings in Winter

Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) After Sarah’s burial, the narrative of the Torah returns to Abraham....

November 07, 2022

Drawing out the Tender Side

Parashat Vayeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24) Time barrels on as the seasons change and the natural world...

October 2022

October 31, 2022

Journeying with Blessings

By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel Parashat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־אַבְרָם לֶךְ־לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ...

October 24, 2022

A History of Sadness and Transformation in Parashat Noach

By Rabbi Joey Glick Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) The first time I walked into Dr. Lisa...

October 19, 2022

The Best is Yet to Come

By Leah Carnow Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8) “Bet is two / … Bet is second chances...

October 12, 2022

Defining Enough

By Rabbi Becky Silverstein Sukkot (Leviticus 22:26-23:44) The Fall 2021 issue of Yes! Magazine is the “The How...

October 04, 2022

Memory Problems

By Rev. Tom Reid Parashat Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) Why did I choose to write on this...

September 2022

September 28, 2022

The Power of “With”

Parashat Vayelech (Deuteronomy 31:1-31:30) Let me set the scene for you. On a well-worn, hand-me-down...

September 20, 2022

Taking Hold of the Shofar: Dreams of Past & Future

By Rabbi Or Rose Rosh Hashanah Ever since childhood, I have been fascinated by...

September 13, 2022

Using Your Name

By Rabbi Shani Rosenbaum Parashat Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8) “What’s in a name?” bemoans Shakespeare’s...

September 06, 2022

The Mitzvah of Forgetting

Parashat Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) By Rabbi Neal Gold Parashat Ki Teitzei falls when the...

August 2022

August 17, 2022

But Dust and Ashes We Are

By Rabbi Adina Allen Parashat Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) We should each hold two slips of paper...

August 10, 2022

Seeds of Consolation: Open-Eyed Torah for a Friend

By Naomi Gurt Lind Parashat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) For Lea Andersen, of cherished memory Parashat...

August 01, 2022

Responding to Failure with Perseverance

By Rabbi Daniel Klein Parashat Dvarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) As we begin the Book of Deuteronomy...

July 2022

July 26, 2022

Matot Masei — Meeting God “In the Straits”

By Rabbi Ebn Leader Parashat Matot Masei (Numbers 30:2-36:13) With Parashat Masei—The Journeys—the Torah concludes the story...

July 19, 2022

Find Your Semicha

By Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer Parashat Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1) The transmission and transition of leadership...

July 12, 2022

Not Looking Away from Our Pain

By Rabbi Tyler Dratch Parashat Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9) There’s an image that has been floating...

July 05, 2022

Keeping Safe and Letting Go

By Naomi Gurt Lind Parashat Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1) There is nothing like preparing to send...

June 2022

June 28, 2022

The Blossoming Almond Staff of Aaron

by Rav Dr. Rachel Adelman Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1 – 18:32) Inspired by Rabbi Giulia...

June 22, 2022

A Biblical Body Image Problem

By Minna Bromberg, PhD, RAB `10 Parashat Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1 - 15:41) So close!...

June 14, 2022

Chutzpah and Healing

By Heather Renetzky Parashat Beha'alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) One of the side effects of being in...

June 07, 2022

What to Make for Dinner on the Day the World Changes

by Rabbi Avi Killip Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89) I have always been fascinated by the...

May 2022

May 23, 2022

I’d Like to Exchange these Curses for Blessing, Please?

By Rabbi Shira Shazeer Parashat Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34) We live in times of global pandemic; new...

May 10, 2022

The Power of Exclusion

By Rabbi Jim Morgan Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) When I’m teaching, I often receive feedback from...

May 04, 2022

Together or Apart? Rebuilding Holy Community Across Space

By Rav Hazzan Ken Richmond Parshat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) Last week my consortium of synagogues commemorated...

April 2022

April 26, 2022

Reading, Healing & Remembering

By Frankie Sandmel Parshat Acharei Mot (Leviticus 16:1–18:30) Parshat Acharei Mot, in all honesty, evokes a...

April 18, 2022

Achron shel Pesach | At the End of Passover | A Drash in Haiku

By Naomi Gurt Lind Achron shel Pesach (Exodus 13:17-15:26) After our seders We come back...

April 12, 2022

With Blossom and Blood: Painting Our Path to Liberation

Pesach (Exodus 12:21-12:51) by Rabbi Adina Allen וּלְקַחְתֶּם אֲגֻדַּת אֵזוֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם בַּדָּם אֲשֶׁר בַּסַּף וְהִגַּעְתֶּם...

April 05, 2022

Doubt and Redemption

By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg Parashat Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33) This week’s parashah, Metzora, continues the discussion, begun...

March 2022

March 22, 2022

The Test of the Eighth Day

Parashat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) By Rafi Ellenson | March 22, 2022 Often, we don’t see...

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