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Back to SearchR. Tali Adler on Parashat Balak: Turning to See
The moment when Bilaam can’t see the angel is familiar to us—too familiar for comfort.
We’ve seen this scene before: a hidden angel, an unusual occurr…
1 year, 1 month ago
R. Micha'el Rosenberg on the 17th of Tammuz: The Memory of Tragedy
There shouldn’t be much ambiguity about why 17 Tammuz is a fast day; the Mishnah relates five tragic events that took place on this date.
1 year, 1 month ago
R. Tali Adler on Parashat Hukkat: Miriam of Words
It is Miriam who was always the speaker of the three siblings.
Miriam, who, according to the Talmud, was also called Puah because of the sounds she …
1 year, 1 month ago
R. Avi Strausberg on Pride Month 2025: Flags of Love
The Song of Songs (2:4) imagines a boundless love between two lovers in which one lover says of the other, “his flag of love was upon me.” That’s ho…
1 year, 1 month ago
R. Tali Adler on Parashat Korah: Pretended Perfection
The most insidious part of Korach’s claim is that it is a lie we desperately want to believe.
1 year, 2 months ago
R. Dani Passow: Reading the Rabbis Part 2
The Talmud is notoriously complex, and its stories are no exception. In this class, we will learn strategies for how to understand these texts such a…
1 year, 2 months ago
R. Tali Adler on Parashat Shelah: When the Story Changes
To be a Jew is to believe in impossible dreams.
To be a Jew is to believe that slaves can become free. It is to believe that the senselessness of this…
1 year, 2 months ago
R. Dani Passow: Reading the Rabbis Part 1
The Talmud is notoriously complex, and its stories are no exception. In this class, we will learn strategies for how to understand these texts such a…
1 year, 2 months ago
R. Tali Adler on Parashat BeHa'alotkha: Unspoken Words
The tragedy of Moshe’s final conversation with his father-in-law are the words that he leaves unsaid.
1 year, 2 months ago
R. Shai Held: Psalm for Shabbat
The psalms attached liturgically to each day of the week are often mumbled over quickly, without much attention to their meaning. In this series, we'…
1 year, 2 months ago