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July 2025

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...

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 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,...

June 25, 2024

Joshua’s spies and the “zonah” in Jericho

By Joshua Jacobson Haftarat Shelach Lecha (Joshua 2:1-24) We often make assumptions about people based...

July 2023

July 13, 2023

In Praise of Unrealized Dreams

By Naomi Gurt Lind, 70 Faces Blog Editor Parashat Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:2-36:13) With our double portion...

June 2023

June 12, 2023

Open My Eyes to Your Wonders

By Rabbi David Maayan Parashat Shelach L’cha (Numbers 13:1-15:41) “Who lit the wonder before our eyes...

June 06, 2023

Of Comings, Goings, and Jewish Goodbyes

By Rav Hazzan Ken Richmond Parashat Beha’alotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) I participate in morning minyan at my synagogue almost...

May 2023

May 30, 2023

Hidden in Plain Sight

By Heather Renetzky Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89) The first time I ever read Parashat Naso was in...

May 15, 2023

Dolphin Skins and Aluminum Foil: A Legacy of Wanderers

By Rabbi Shira Shazeer Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) I don’t like packing. While there is something...

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 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 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...

September 2021

September 20, 2021

A Sukkot Story for the Pandemic Generations

Shabbat Sukkot (Exodus 33:12-34:26; Numbers 29:17-34) By Rabbi Shira Shazeer | September 20, 2021 Mazel tov! We’ve...

July 2021

July 07, 2021

Vows that Divide

Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:2–36:13) By Rabbi Avi Killip | July 2, 2021 The first time I made a...

July 01, 2021

A Broken Peace—The Brit Shalom with Pinchas

Parashat Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1) By Rachel Adelman | June 30, 2021 I dedicate this essay to...

June 2021

June 23, 2021

The Illusion

Parashat Balak (Numbers 22:2–25:9) By Naomi Gurt Lind | June 22, 2021 Pssst! Have you heard the...

June 08, 2021

Playing with Fire

Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1–18:32) By Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg | June 8, 2021 In the year 2021, the...

June 03, 2021

Reflecting on our Journey

Parasha Shlach (Numbers 13:1–15:41) By Rabbi Daniel Klein | Jun 02, 2021 The section of the Torah...

May 2021

May 26, 2021

Relighting Our Lives this Summer

Parashat Biha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1–12:16) By Rabbi Daniel Klein | May 25, 2021 As a teenager, I was...

May 14, 2021

Serving God With and Without WiFi

Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21−7:89) By Rabbi Avi Killip | May 14, 2021 What holy work can...

May 12, 2021

Finding our way in the desert of uncertainty

Parshat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1–4:20) By Tyler Dratch | May 10, 2021 We are approaching the holiday of Shavuot,...

July 2020

July 15, 2020

Mapping our Stories in Fits and Starts

Parashat Matot-Masei (Numbers 30:2–36:13) By Rabbi Becky Silverstein | July 18, 2020 If you have driven through or...

July 08, 2020

From Fast to Festivity: a Zoom Mitzvah in the Narrow Straits

Parashat Pinchas (Numbers 25:10 - 30:1) By Cantor Ken Richmond July 11, 2020 About six weeks...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

Deep in the Wilderness

Parashat Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1) By Rabbi Adina Allen Jun 29, 2020 We encounter the Israelites in...

June 22, 2020

Making the Twisted Thing Straight Again

Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32) By Rabbi Daniel Klein The Book of Ecclesiastes says, “A twisted...

June 16, 2020

Humility, the Virtuous Source of Sin

Parashat Shelach (Numbers 13:1-15:41) By Rabbi Michael Rosenberg There are crucial moments in every story,...

June 08, 2020

It Is Upon Us to Complete the Torah

Parashat Beha’alotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16) By Rabbi Brian Besser Edmund Fleg captures the central notion of...

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