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Justice That Heals - Mishpatim and the Torah’s Alternative to Prison
Season 5
Parashat Mishpatim opens with a surprise. The Torah’s first case of civil law is not murder or assault, but a thief who cannot repay what he stole — …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Unfinished Business - Parashat Mishpatim, Gilgul, and the Accounts We Don’t Close
Season 5
Parashat Mishpatim is where the Torah moves from revelation to responsibility. After the thunder of Sinai, the Torah turns to contracts, damages, acc…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
From The Phone Line to Har Sinai
Season 5
Judaism cannot be lived from a distance. It is not a religion of spectators, summaries, or spiritual drive-bys. In this morning’s Breakfast and a Cla…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Kayin Returns to Sinai_ Yitro and the Long Road to Techiyat HaMetim
Season 5
Kayin Returns to Sinai: Yitro and the Long Road to Techiyat HaMetim is not a historical class—it is an exploration of why revelation itself had to wa…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Not the Smartest — the Dedicated : Yitro and the Torah of Effort
Season 5
Why does the parashah of Matan Torah begin not with thunder and lightning, but with Yitro — a non-Jew, an outsider, a man who looks at Moshe Rabbeinu…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Yitro, Antisemitism, and Us
Season 5
Why is the parashah of Matan Torah named after Yitro — a convert, a former priest of idolatry, a man who crossed a desert because he heard something?…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s With Yitro and Elokim?
Season 5
What’s With Yitro and Elokim?
In this morning’s class we looked at a small nuance in the opening pesukim of Parashat Yitro that changes the whole way…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Mayim and Eitz — Why Torah Needs More Than Learning BeShalach
Season 5
What happens when Torah has no room? When the chairs are gone, the tables are filled, and the beit midrash is reduced to a corner, a stairwell, or a …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
One Day at a Time — The Ma’an, Parnassah, and Trust in Hashem …. Sounds good. BeShalach
Season 5
In Parashat Beshalach, Am Yisrael receives the Ma’an—daily sustenance from Heaven that could not be stored, hoarded, or controlled. Each morning requ…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Bones, Blessings, and the Power of Being Remembered - BeShalach
Season 5
As the Jewish people leave Egypt, the Torah highlights an unexpected detail: while others gather gold and silver, Moshe Rabbeinu carries the bones of…
4 months ago