D’Var Torah: Teshuvah: A Two-Part Process
By Rabbi Corey Helfand
This week’s Torah portion is Nitzavim: Deuteronomy 29:9 – 30:20
Over the last few weeks, we have read some heavy stuff in...
Overcoming the Fear of Failure and Taking a Chance
By Rabbi Michael Werbow
This week’s Torah portion is Ki Tavo:Deuteronomy 26:1 — 29:8
Passover is perhaps the most celebrated holiday in our tradition. Why, you...
The Values We Are Taught
By Remy Kinstlinger
This week’s Torah portion is Ki Teitzei: Deuteronomy 21:10 — 25:19
This week’s Torah portion is Ki Teitzei. Ki Teitzei has 74 of...
Don’t Just Act, Think
By Aidan Kahn
This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9
This week’s parsha is Shoftim. Parshat Shoftim is about the distribution of authority...
Focusing on Repentance in Preparation for the Days of Awe
By Eleanor Berger Sollod
This week’s Torah portion is Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26 - 16:17
Sunday, Aug. 24, and Monday, Aug. 25, are Rosh Chodesh Elul. The...
Shaping Memory
Rabbi Melanie Aron
This week’s Torah portion is Matot-Masei: Numbers 30:2 - 36:13
I’m not sure whether the picture I have in my mind of the...
Mah Tovu? What Is Good?
By Rabbi Erica Steelman
This week’s Torah portion is Balak:
Numbers 22:2 – 25:9
Dear Mother,
I just returned home from a rather strange experience. I hope by...
Biblical Chutzpah Hall of Fame
By Rabbi Eli Seidman
This week’s Torah portion is Korach: Numbers 16:1 - 18:32
Author Leo Rosten defines the term “chutzpah” as “gall, brazen nerve, effrontery,...
Sacred Imagination: On God, Statehood and the Power of Imagining Justice
Rabbi Jenna Shaw
This week’s Torah portion is Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33
One of my favorite, radical Hasidic ideas is that God changes throughout the...
What Is ‘Chanukah’?
Rabbi Neil Tow
This week’s Torah portion is Mikeitz: Genesis 41:1 - 44:17.
Some of us spell it “Hanukkah.”
And others spell it “Chanukah.”
Josephus calls it “Festival...
