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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...

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...

September 2025

September 15, 2025

Making Torah Expansive

Parashat Vayelech Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachman and Rabbi Yochanan ben Elazar, two 3rd...

September 09, 2025

To Inscribe Most Distinctly

By Alyssa Coffey, Hebrew College Rabbinical School student Ki Tavo Deut. 26:1-29:8 A passage in...

September 02, 2025

Within Our Torah and Ourselves

By Alyssa Coffey, Hebrew College Rabbinical School student Ki Teitzei Deut. 21:10-25:19 Parashat Ki Teitzei...

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...

July 01, 2025

Reflecting Our Merits

Parshat Hukat Num 19:1-22:1 In the beginning of the second aliyah of Parshat Hukat, following...

June 2025

June 16, 2025

Relating to the Collective

Parahat Sh'lach Numbers 13:1-15:41 When I take a moment to pick my head up out...

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,...

May 2025

May 27, 2025

Coming Closer to the Divine

Parshat BaMidbar Numbers 1:1-4:20 Parshat BaMidbar ends with detailed instructions of how to properly pack...

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...

May 05, 2025

Counting From and Counting Toward

By Rav Rachel Adelman '21 Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim Leviticus 16:1-18:30; Leviticus 19:1-20:27 These days I...

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 23, 2025

Breaking Risk

Parshat Shemini Lev. 9:1-11:47 Parshat Shemini concludes with God describing to Moshe many of the...

March 2025

March 26, 2025

Blessing the Work of Our Hands

By Jayce Koester, Hebrew College rabbinical student Parashat Pekudei Exodus 38:21-40:38 My spouse and I...

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,...

February 2025

February 18, 2025

Do You Need a Reminder?

Parashat Mishpatim Exodus 21:1-24:18 Recently, I attended a cozy concert by one of my favorite...

February 11, 2025

A Whole People of Whole People

Parashat Yitro Exodus 18:1-20:23 One of my favorite Yiddish folk songs begins "un mir zaynen...

January 2025

January 22, 2025

Reverential Doubt

By Rabbi Genevieve Greinetz Parashat Vaera Exodus 6:2-9:35 A few days ago, I returned from...

January 07, 2025

How to Live Amidst Alienation and Exile

Since the US election two months ago, and over the course of the devastating war...

December 2024

December 17, 2024

Success on Our Way; an Alternative to the Prosperity Gospel

By Rav Hazzan Ken Richmond, Hebrew College Rabbinical School '21 Parashat Vayeishev Genesis 37:1-40:23 As...

December 10, 2024

Planting the Seeds of Potential

By Rabbi Heather Retnezsky '24 Parashat Vayishlach Genesis 32:4-36:43 In a parasha filled with high...

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 25, 2024

From Conflict to Creation: Rebecca’s Question and Our Own

Parashat Toldot Genesis 25:19-28:9 In this week’s Torah portion, we encounter Rebecca, our matriarch, in...

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...

November 05, 2024

They Say: There is a Land

Parashat Lech Lecha Genesis 12:1-17:27 The land that I imagine when I read God’s promise...

October 2024

October 30, 2024

Asking More of Noah

By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel '22 Parashat Noach Genesis 6:9-11:32 In 5785, a story about a...

October 01, 2024

Meditation on Wild Things

By Naomi Gurt Lind, Hebrew College Rabbinical Student Parashat Ha’azinu Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52 The night Max...

September 2024

September 24, 2024

The Prophecy of Writer’s Block

Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 It is the season of rabbinic writer’s block. Each year, those...

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