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Back to SearchA God By Many Names: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #13
It's almost impossible to imagine people with more different life experiences than Moshe and the Israelites. Moshe grew up in the palace; the Israeli…
3 years ago
Your Better Half: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #12
Ours is a culture of media consumption in large and often indiscriminate amounts. This is in part because we don’t view ourselves as transforming and…
3 years ago
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Eikev: The Meaning(s) of “Great, Mighty, and Awesome”
What does it mean to call God “great, mighty, and awesome,” as we do in the first blessing of the Amidah? Perhaps we are praising God as creator of …
3 years ago
Spiritually Welcoming: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #11
Avraham is the epitome of the kind and gracious host. But there's more to the alchemy between hosts and guests than just the practicality of dietary …
3 years ago
R. Avi Killip on Tisha B'Av: How We Choose to (Re)Build
Recent years have pushed us to examine the foundational structures of so much in our world. Previously unthinkable realities have called into questi…
3 years, 1 month ago
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Devarim: Praying for our Religious Leaders
We often think of prayer as motivated by personal needs: I pray for myself or others close to me. But one of our prayers specifically asks us to foc…
3 years, 1 month ago
R. Miriam-Simma Walfish: Hunger in the Streets of Jerusalem
How do we—and ought we—respond to suffering? R. Miriam-Simma explores stories in the Talmud that express the extent of Jerusalem's destruction throug…
3 years, 1 month ago
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Mattot-Mas'ei: Why Praise God in Prayer?
3 years, 1 month ago
R. Tali Adler: The Hidden Destruction of Shiloh
Before the destruction of the first and second temples, Shiloh was destroyed. Discussed in Yirmiyahu and alluded to in Shmuel, Shiloh is the spiritua…
3 years, 1 month ago
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Pinhas: Fixed and Spontaneous Words of Prayer
Why is there a fixed liturgy to the Amidah? After all, if I am meant to pray to God with focus and intention, shouldn’t I use my own personal words, …
3 years, 1 month ago