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Back to SearchR. Elie Lehmann: Torah of the People
How can we access Torah? Who has the right to speak Torah? The hasidic rebbes encourage us to reach deep inside ourselves for the eternal springs of …
2 years, 6 months ago
R. David Kasher on Parashat Mishpatim: Law as Commentary
Even as Parashat Mishpatim marks a sharp transition from epic narrative to dense legal code, the first law of that code makes it clear that the stori…
2 years, 6 months ago
R. Shai Held: Build Homes and Pray for the Peace of Babylon
By looking closely at a passage from Jeremiah, Rav Shai in his lecture "Build Homes and Pray for the Peace" of Babylon, explores the relationship bet…
2 years, 6 months ago
R. David Kasher on Parashat Yitro: The Trouble With Desire
The last of the Ten Commandments is distinct from the rest in several ways. Structurally, it is in the second five, but it stands out from the other…
2 years, 6 months ago
R. Ethan Tucker: Covenant, Land, Power, and Responsibility
The Jewish people live in eternal covenant with God, but what is the relationship of that covenanted people to the Land of Israel? Is it eternal, or …
2 years, 7 months ago
R. David Kasher on Parashat Beshallah: Testing Each Other Out
In Parashat BeShallah, the Children of Israel are tested twice, and then they do some testing of their own.
2 years, 7 months ago
R. Avi Strausberg on Tu Bishvat: Wait For It
Tu Bishvat is a holiday that is about slow growth, patience, and gratitude. In a culture that is all about instant gratification and next day delive…
2 years, 7 months ago
R. David Kasher on Parashat Bo: Hameitz u-Matzah
Just as we are about to arrive at the apex of the Exodus drama—the final plague and the actual departure from Egypt—the Torah makes a sudden shift in…
2 years, 7 months ago
R. Avi Strausberg on MLK Day: They Should Have Learned
In Letter from Birmingham Jail, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses his critics and writes, “Shallow understanding from people of good will is…
2 years, 7 months ago
Learning From Our Children: A Spiritual Perspective from on the Ground in Israel #7
R. Avi Killip rejoins R. Avital Hochstein and R. Elazar Symon to talk about our relationships with our children. What are we trying to inculcate in t…
2 years, 7 months ago