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May 2019

May 28, 2019

Commemorating and Participating in Shavuot

Parashat Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34) By Rabbi Daniel Klein From its earliest understanding, the revelation of...

May 15, 2019

Speakers of Infinity and Finitude

Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) A few weeks ago, my mother sent me the novel A...

May 08, 2019

What My Neighbor Needs

Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20: 27) By Rabbi Josh Weisman When you live in San Francisco...

April 2019

April 29, 2019

“After Death, There is Ritual”

Parashat Achrei Mot (Leviticus 16:1-18:30) By Rabbi Avi Killip The Yom Kippur ritual, described in...

April 22, 2019

The 8th Day of Passover: A Mo’ed For New Leadership

By Daniel Brosgol Congratulations, friends, you have journeyed through another Passover, and hopefully feel a...

April 08, 2019

Unclench Those Hands

Parashat Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33) By Rabbi Gray Myrseth He shall send away the live bird...

April 02, 2019

Reverence for the Wondrous Life Force

Parashat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) By Rabbi Brian Besser The Levitical laws of purity strike the...

March 2019

March 24, 2019

Making Space for Mystery

Parshat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) Rabbi Adina Allen Aaron’s first role as High Priest is to...

March 21, 2019

The Paradoxical Freedom of Routine

Parshat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) By Rabbi Benjamin Barer Judaism has always concerned itself with proscribing ritual...

March 12, 2019

A Call to Relationship

Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26) By Rabbi Suzanne Offit “God called to Moses…” For millennia, commentators...

March 06, 2019

To Begin is Human, To Finish is Divine

Parashat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21-40:38) By Rabbi Jordan Braunig I’ve always had a much easier time...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Weaving a Mishkan for Every Age

Parashat Vayakhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) By Rabbi Michael Shire And all the wise-hearted women spun with...

February 19, 2019

Two Ways to Tell a Story

Parashat Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) By Rabbi Gray Myrseth In Parshat Ki Tisa, a tremendous...

February 04, 2019

‘Wings of Desire’: God’s Presence in the Tabernacle

Parashat Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19) By Rachel Adelman, Ph.D. After the pyrotechnics at Sinai—lightning, thunder, the...

January 2019

January 16, 2019

Less talking, more walking: Deliberation and Exodus

Parashat Beshallah (Exodus 13:17-17:16) By Rabbi Minna Bromberg Oh, deliberation. It might look like that...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

Reacting to Evil

Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28–50:26) By Rabbi Salem Pearce Parashat Vayechi offers a conclusion to one...

December 12, 2018

Mirroring political struggles and victories at home

While talking with a couple of other dads from my community, we found ourselves commiserating...

December 05, 2018

Experiencing Exile

Parashat MIketz (Genesis 41:4-44-17) By Rabbi Leora Abelson A caravan makes its way through the...

November 2018

November 19, 2018

Wrestling with Technology & Finding Connection

Parashat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43) By Rabbi Daniel Schaefer Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday. More...

November 14, 2018

Vertical Ladders of Sky, Horizontal Ladders of Earth

Parashat Va-Yetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) By Rabbi Jordan Schuster I’ve been thinking about John Keats lately. About...

November 05, 2018

Closed Wells, Closed Hearts

Parashat Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) By Rabbi Adam Lavitt A man in an elevator repeatedly presses...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Lifting our eyes to find each other

Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) Mah anachnu, meh chayeinu, meh chasdeinu, mah tzidkateinu, mah yeshuateinu,...

October 24, 2018

The Call to Protest

Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24) The call to protest grows larger each day. From the women’s...

October 17, 2018

Sarah’s Silent Cry

Parashat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) By Rabbi Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen He didn’t mean to… He wouldn’t...

October 08, 2018

Noah: Words above the Waters

Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) By Avraham Yizhak (Arthur) Green The story of Noah’s flood remains...

October 03, 2018

We Are Created Creative

(Parashat Beresheit, Genesis 1:1-6:8) By Rabbi Adina Allen Beresheit Bara Elohim, In the beginning, God...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

You Shall Have Nothing But Joy

Sukkot By Rabbi Brian Besser Yom Kippur is the most ethereal of Jewish holidays. On...

September 17, 2018

What Comes After

Parshat Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) By Rabbi Avi Strausberg When my wife and I were developing the...

September 12, 2018

Hypocrisy, Boundaries, and the Mitzvah of Part-time Piety

The Days of Repentance By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg Years ago, while walking back to my...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

The Torah needs a Trigger Warning

Parashat Ki Tetzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) By Rabbi Avi Killip My summer began at a panel...

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