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Back to SearchR. Avi Strausberg: I Cannot Tell a Lie... Or Can I?
If someone you wouldn’t endorse asks you for a recommendation, what would you say? Discussing the ethics around truth and lying, Rabbi Avi Strausberg…
4 years, 2 months ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Naso: One Mitzvah at a Time
Parashat Naso includes the ritual of sotah. A husband brings his wife whom he suspects of adultery to the mikdash (sanctuary) where a kohen gives her…
4 years, 2 months ago
R. Tali Adler: Words That Cannot Be Written
It's easy to emphasize the giving of the written Torah at Mt. Sinai. But what if the focus should be on Oral Torah? R. Tali Adler looks at the essent…
4 years, 2 months ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Bemidbar: Dismantling Holiness with Love
As Israel traveled through the desert, they frequently erected the mishkan (tabernacle) anew. This means that they also deconstructed the mishkan fre…
4 years, 2 months ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat BeHukotai: From Curse to Catalyst
The curses of BeHukotai resonate, and we can point to various societal failures that have contributed to this reality, reasons for God to be “angry” …
4 years, 3 months ago
Dena Weiss: Making Shabbat Your Own
What does it mean to have respect for Shabbat? Dena Weiss discusses how we can respect shabbat by making the day feel different through our clothing …
4 years, 3 months ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Behar: Shemittah - A Restrained and Wild Love
Shemittah (the sabbatical year) is considered one of the hardest mitzvot. But the mitzvah might not only be about inculcating discipline to the extre…
4 years, 3 months ago
R. Shai Held and Shira Hecht-Koller: The World as a Gift
Rabbi Shai Held and Shira Hecht-Koller take a deep dive into Psalm 104. Rabbi Shai Held explores the psalm line by line while Shira Hecht-Koller cons…
4 years, 3 months ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Emor: God Who Desires Desire
Parashat Kedoshim explored the centrality of consent in a relationship with God, that one can’t be “coerced” to bring an offering. The importance of …
4 years, 3 months ago
Dena Weiss: Pride and Privilege
What is our responsibility towards others who may feel jealous of what we have? Dena Weiss explores how to think about privilege and how we can act i…
4 years, 3 months ago