D’var Torah: The Meaning of the Mezuzah
By Rabbi Geri Newburge
This week’s Torah portion is Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26 — 16:17
Earlier in Deuteronomy we read the instruction to “write them upon the...
D’var Torah: What Does God Want?
By Rabbi Steven Bayar
This week’s Torah portion is Eikev: Deuteronomy 7:12 — 11:25
The Book of Deuteronomy is Moses’ “swan song” — Moses bequeaths his...
D’var Torah: Va’etchanan: Our People’s Odyssey
By Rabbi Marc D. Israel
This week’s Torah portion is Va’etchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23 — 7:11
The release of the film “The Odyssey” last weekend was a...
D’var Torah: Names Are Not Just Labels
By Rabbi Jon Roos
This week’s Torah portion is Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1 — 3:22
I can tell how and from where people know me by the...
D’var Torah: Ringing a Bell of Rights; And What’s Right
By Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
This week’s Torah portion is Matot-Masei: Numbers 30:2 — 36:13
This week’s double portion concludes the Torah’s main narrative. What’s the...
D’var Torah: The Hallmarks of a Good Leader
Rabbi Evan Krame
This week’s Torah portion is Pinchas: Numbers 25:10 — 30:1
This election season feels like the “Hunger Games.” Candidates enter the political arena...
D’var Torah: Parashat Chukat-Balak: Changes and Looking Ahead
By Rabbi Jennifer Weiner
This week’s Torah portion is Chukat-Balak: Numbers 19:1 — 25:9
There is a tradition that no one in the Jewish community is...
D’var Torah: Korah’s Rebellion: A ‘Controversy for the Sake of Heaven’
By Clifford S. Fishman
This week’s Torah portion is Korach: Numbers 16:1 — 18:32
The opening event in this week’s Torah portion is “Korah’s rebellion.” Korah...
D’var Torah: Facing Our Giants
By Rabbi David Greenspoon
This week’s Torah portion is Shelach: Numbers 13:1 — 15:41
The story of the 12 chieftains sent by Moses to explore the...
D’var Torah: Scatter Our Enemies
By Rabbi Eitan Cooper
This week’s Torah portion is Beha’alotecha: Numbers 8:1 — 12:16
This week’s Torah portion contains two important verses — so important that...