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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...

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,...

September 2025

September 29, 2025

Ha’azinu: To Be Witnessed

Parashat Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) By Gila Axelrod In Parashat Ha’azinu, Moses delivers a poetic final...

August 2025

August 14, 2025

Four Freedoms

By Adam Zemel Parashat Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) Parashat Eikev sees Moses continuing his long farewell address...

March 2025

March 18, 2025

How the Work Begins

By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel Parashat Vayekhel (Exodus 35:1-38:20) There is no doubt that this year, 2025,...

March 03, 2025

People of the Story

Parashat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) By Adam Zemel Tetzaveh begins when God pauses dictating instructions for the Tabernacle...

February 2025

February 03, 2025

Armed with Hope

By Rabbi Max Edwards Parashat Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16) Every year as we sit around the...

January 2025

January 28, 2025

The Blessing of Uncertainty

By Rabbi Gita Karasov Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) One of the ways I like to...

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...

September 2024

September 02, 2024

Amid the Toppling Towers

By Naomi Gurt Lind Parashat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) When I signed up to write a 70...

June 2024

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...

January 2024

January 24, 2024

This is My God

Parashat Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16) By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel I’ve been carrying an image with me...

January 03, 2024

When The Narrow Place Is Refuge

Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) By Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman In the middle of my house,...

June 2022

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...

May 2022

May 30, 2022

Raising the Dead

By Rabbi Max Edwards Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) In every season, Jews around the world count...

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...

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...

March 2022

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...

March 01, 2022

Acknowledging holiness along the way

Parashat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21–40:38) By Rabbi Becky Silverstein | February 28, 2022 One of the...

February 2022

February 08, 2022

For Dignity and Adornment

Parshat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) By Frankie Sandmel | February 7, 2022 In the past few weeks...

January 2022

January 18, 2022

Far and Near Embrace

Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1–20:23) By Rabbi David Maayan | January 18, 2022 This week’s Torah...

January 05, 2022

Lighting the Plague of Darkness

Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16) By Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum | January 5, 2022 “Turn it and...

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...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

Generations and Their Wells

Parashat Toledot (Genesis 25:19-28:9) By Rabbi Arthur Green The narratives of Genesis, especially in readings for Va-Yera and Toledot,...

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...

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