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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...

January 2025

January 02, 2025

The Patriarch who wasn’t a Patriarch

By Rabbi Michael Shire Parashat Va-Yiggash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) What makes a Patriarch a patriarch? What...

December 2024

December 23, 2024

The Truth that Sets us Apart

By Rabbi Becky Silverstein `14 (Parashat Miketz Genesis 41:1-44:17) A few weeks ago, I was in...

December 02, 2024

What the Sigma, Jacob?

By Rabbi Shira Shazeer '10, Hebrew College Rabbinical School Parashat Vayetzei Genesis 28:10-32:3 Working with...

November 2024

November 19, 2024

An Appreciation at Our Matriarch’s Burial Place

Parashat Chayei Sarah Genesis 23:1-25:18 When I read the opening verses of Chayei Sarah, my...

December 2023

December 18, 2023

Who is Joseph?

Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) By Naomi Gurt Lind These past few parashiot, we have been...

December 11, 2023

How to Predict the Present

By Rabbi Matthew Ponak Parashat Miketz (Genesis 41:1-44:17) What a gift it would be to see...

December 03, 2023

We Are Still In Mourning

Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) By Rabbi Avi Killip We are still in mourning. In the...

November 2023

November 28, 2023

Our Spiritual Legacy: Torah, Lovingkindness, Struggle, Uncertainty

By Rabbi Becky Silverstein Parashat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43) Lately, I’ve been thinking about the saying,...

November 21, 2023

How Awesome and Terrible Is This Place

By Chaim Spaulding, Hebrew College Rabbinical Student Parashat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10–32:3) Last winter, I went...

November 08, 2023

Aging with Vitality

By Rabbi Jim Morgan RS ‘08 Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) At Centre Communities of...

November 01, 2023

A Divine Image Problem

By Rabbi Shira Shazeer RS ‘10 Parashat Vayeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24) “I really prefer Semitism,” one...

October 2023

October 24, 2023

Turning Curses into Blessings

By Rav-Hazzan Ken Richmond Parashat Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27) Last week, while talking about the news...

October 16, 2023

How to Build an Ark

By Leah Carnow Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32) Last year, I interviewed my seven-year-old nephew; we discussed...

October 10, 2023

The Spiraling Cycle of (Re)Creation

By Rabbi Adina Allen Parashat Bereishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8) “I’ve never felt physically aligned with the conception...

January 2023

January 03, 2023

Fierce Legacy Work

By Rabbi Mónica Gomery Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26) This dvar Torah is written in loving...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

Facing God and Ourselves

By Rabbi David Maayan Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) Parashat Vayigash takes its name from Yehudah’s act of...

December 12, 2022

Dangerous Gifts—the Origin of Joseph’s Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

By Rav Rachel Adelman Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other...

December 06, 2022

The Burden of Miracles

By Rabbi Avi Killip Parashat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43) Have you ever wished for a miracle? Was...

November 2022

November 29, 2022

Daring to Dream

By Rabbi Max Edwards Parashat Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3) At the beginning of Parashat Vayetze, Jacob...

November 22, 2022

Why Is It? Why This?!

Parashat Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) Among the many crises that have been developing over the last several...

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...

December 2021

December 14, 2021

The Secret Code

Parashat Vayechi (Genesis 47:28–50:26) By Rabbi Neal Gold | December 13, 2021 Does Judaism have...

December 07, 2021

Finding Holiness at Life’s Margins

Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18–47:27) By Rabbi Max Edwards | December 7, 2021 After many years...

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