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...
D’var Torah: Blessings With a Catch
By Rabbi Corey Helfand
This week’s Torah portion is Naso: Numbers 4:21 — 7:89
In 1979, just to the west of the current Old City of...
D’var Torah: Shavuot — On Ruth and Gemilut Hasadim
By Rabbi Neil Tow
Like so many of us, I love reading books. I enjoy the way the characters’ actions help us learn deeper...
D’var Torah: The Census as a Moral Charge
Rabbi David B. Helfand
This week’s Torah portion is Bamidbar: Numbers 1:1 — 4:20
There is a particular kind of attention we pay to things we...
D’var Torah: Witnessing, Becoming and Cycles of Creation
Rabbi Daria Jacobs-Velde
This week’s Torah portion is Emor: Leviticus 21:1 — 24:23.
Chapter 23 of Leviticus, in Parashat Emor, states, “God spoke to Moses, saying:...
D’var Torah: Strengthening Our Communities
Rabbi Michael Werbow
This week’s Torah portion is Acharei Mot–Kedoshim: Leviticus 16:1 — 20:27
When I work with people who are looking to convert to Judaism,...
D’var Torah: The Gift of Hope
Rabbi Steven Bayar
This week’s Torah portion is Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1 — 15:33
Studying Parshat Tazria can be difficult — even repugnant: we learn about how...
D’var Torah: Parshat Shemini: Shrimp Is Treyf, but Pork Is Antisemitic*
Rabbi Dr. Rebecca Joseph
This week’s Torah portion is Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 — 11:47
It is well-known that Judaism and Islam forbid eating pork. This is...
D’var Torah: Strong Communities Make Room for Return
Rabba Daphne Lazar Price
The Torah reading for Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach is Exodus 33:12 — 34:26
On Shabbat during Chol HaMoed Pesach, the Torah reading...
D’var Torah: Who Gets to Lead? Knowledge, Power and Ethics.
Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi
This week’s Torah portion is Tzav: Leviticus 6:1 — 8:36
The biggest questions often emerge from the smallest details. This week’s Torah...