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Back to SearchR. Tali Adler on Parashat Noah: Surviving the Flood
We ask the wrong questions about the story of the Flood.
We ask how God could do such a thing. We ask how a God who is good could destroy a world. We …
1 year, 9 months ago
Why Rain Comes From Above: A Conversation with Dr. Devora Steinmetz and Rabbanit Leah Sarna
Dr. Devora Steinmetz joins Rabbanit Leah Sarna in conversation around the release of Dr. Steinmetz’s book Why Rain Comes From Above: Explorations in …
1 year, 9 months ago
R. Tali Adler on Parashat Bereishit: Home, Exile, and How to Wander Together
Human beings don’t have to be told that we are living outside of paradise.
It’s not just the fact that the world is not perfect: it’s that deep insi…
1 year, 10 months ago
R. Micha'el Rosenberg on Simhat Torah: Joy and Trembling
We tend to think of Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah, which conclude the somber and at times terrifying High Holiday season, as a time of tremendous …
1 year, 10 months ago
R. David Kasher on Parashat VeZot HaBerakhah: A Shared Inheritance
The first verse in the Torah I ever learned by heart comes from its final parashah. When my brother and I would go visit our father in New York for …
1 year, 10 months ago
R. Shai Held: The God of the Hebrew Bible is a God of Love
It is one of the last acceptable prejudices in American culture: the God of the "Old Testament" is a God of vengeance, focused on strict justice rath…
1 year, 10 months ago
R. Avi Strausberg: Midrashim of Destruction
In its time, the destruction of the Temple, habayit (the house), brought with it tremendous violence, loss and suffering. In this session, we'll turn…
1 year, 10 months ago
R. David Kasher on Parashat Ha'azinu: The Poetry of Torah, Part 2
Last week, we discussed the significance of the poem that God tells Moshe to write down in Parashat VaYelekh, "Now, write for yourselves this poem an…
1 year, 10 months ago
R. David Kasher on Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelekh: The Poetry of Torah, Part 1
In Parashat Nitzavim Moshe’s grand oratory comes to a close, and in Parashat VaYelekh he turns to the process of writing the Torah down. The parasha…
1 year, 11 months ago
R. Shai Held: Teshuvah and Transformation Part 2
To prepare ourselves for the approaching Days of Awe, we'll engage in two sets of reflections. In this second part, we'll consider some of the very d…
1 year, 11 months ago