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Sukkot

This Friday evening will begin the holiday of Sukkot. It is a multifaceted holiday that connects us to the environment, to our history...

The Metaphor

This week, the Shabbat between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur is Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of Repentance. It gets its name from the...

Water With Your Foot?

This week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Ekev, continues Moses’ final discourse to the Jewish People before we entered the Land of Israel. In...

How Odd of God to Choose the Jews.

When it comes to Torah Portions, this week's Parsha, VaEtchanan is a doozie. As the Israelites are preparing to enter the Land of Israel,...

Parched, Profits, and Plastic

This week’s Torah Portion, Devarim is the first portion of Deuteronomy (Devarim in Hebrew) and is the last of the Five Books of Moses....

Ruben, Gad, and the America's Cup

This week’s double Torah portion of Matot-Maasei is a difficult part of the Torah. Even as a vegetarian, I can accept the many sections...

A Righteous Uprising

This week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Korach, recounts the story of yet another rebellion against the leadership of Moses and Aaron. Korach,...

Look Up

The Torah tells us that Moses was the greatest prophet who ever lived. Unlike other prophets to whom God spoke through dreams and...

May God Bless You

This week’s Parsha, Parshat Naso, contains one of the most beautiful and familiar passages in the entire Torah. It is the Priestly...

Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink

Parshat Tzav OK, I’ll admit it. Much of the Book of Leviticus really grosses me out. There’s not a lot of water in this week’s Torah...