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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...

May 2025

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...

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 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...

May 2024

May 13, 2024

Finding Elusive Joy

By Rav Hazzan Ken Richmond, HC '21 Parashat Emor Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Life as a congregational...

May 08, 2024

Fulfilling the Promise of the Mishkan

by Rabbi Daniel Klein, Dean of Students for the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College Parashat...

April 2024

April 08, 2024

Finding Humanity Amid Randomness

By Rabbi Justin David Parashat Tazria Leviticus 12:1-13:59 Early in my years as a rabbinical...

March 2024

March 26, 2024

Ecstasy Burns Away Meanness

Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) The last book that Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote was a 300+ page...

May 2023

May 09, 2023

On Fear…

By Rabbi Becky Silverstein Parashat Behar-Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34) Being human is not easy. I...

May 02, 2023

Speaking of Death at Sinai and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe

By Rabbi Joey Glick Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) Mr. Rogers, Daniel Tiger, God, and Moses...

April 2023

April 24, 2023

Invitation to Holiness

By Rabbi Avi Killip Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) Parashat Kedoshim is beautiful and very full. There is...

April 18, 2023

Sensing and Making Sense

By Jessica Spencer Parashat Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33) Our bodies, with their many sensations, their flaws and...

April 10, 2023

Listen, Drop The Story

By David Mahfouda Parashat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47) Last spring I taught a class about creative practice...

March 2023

March 28, 2023

Sustaining Eternal Flames

By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel RS ‘22 Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36) A favorite song—or, songs, actually—in...

March 21, 2023

Repairing the Damage

By Rabbi Leora Abelson Parashat Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1-5:26) Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary Detroit community...

October 2022

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...

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 16, 2022

The Power of Perspective

Rev. Tom Reid Parshat Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2) As I write this, I am sitting on a...

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 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 29, 2022

The Blessing of Asking for Help

Parashat Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) By Heather Renetzky Parashat Tazria, with its long and dry list of...

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...

March 15, 2022

Stuck in Scranton: Danger and Gratitude in Parashat Tsav

Parashat Tzav (Leviticus 6:1–8:36) By Joey Glick | March 15, 2022 My mom’s journey with...

May 2021

May 03, 2021

The Perils of Abundance

Behar-Bechukotai (Leviticus 25:1–27:34) By Matthew Schultz | May 03, 2021 The second verse of the Shema...

April 2021

April 29, 2021

Rekindling the Flame

Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23) By Joshua Jacobson | April 28, 2021 In this week’s Torah portion of Emor we find...

April 21, 2021

Rebuilding toward Holiness

Acharei-Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1–20:27) By Naomi Gurt Lind | April 21, 2021 What do we do when...

April 14, 2021

Crying Out for Help; Crying Out for Prayers

Parashat Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12:1–15:33) By Rabbi Avi Strausberg | April 10, 2021 This past year has been...

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