Four verbs that set us free
By Rabbah Arlene Berger
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This week’s Torah portion is Va’era, Exodus 6:2-9:35.
We are living in extraordinary times that impact each of us emotionally,...
Slavery then and now
By Rabbi Charles Feinberg
This week’s Torah portion is Shemot, Exodus 1:1 – 6:1.
This week we begin reading the Book of Exodus with Parshat Shemot....
The man who saw too much — and too little
By Rabbi Adam Rosenwasser
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This week’s Torah portion is Vayechi, Genesis 47:28 - 50:26.
This week, our Torah teaches us a lesson about a...
As if a pandemic had ended, Joseph reunites with his brothers
By Rabbi Amy Schwartzman
This week’s Torah portion is Vayigash, Genesis 44:18-47:27.
Parshat Vayigash tells of two important milestones for the Jewish people who, at that...
What Joseph got wrong
By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
This week’s Torah portion is Miketz, Genesis 41:1 – 44:17.
One of the most fascinating aspects of the portions we are reading...
Like flour baked into bread
By Rabbi John Franken
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This week’s Torah portion is Vayeshev, Genesis 37:1-40:23.
Margaret MacMillan’s acclaimed new book, “War: How Conflict Shaped Us,” makes a...
The pope and Joseph
By Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen
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This week’s Torah portion is Vayigash, Genesis 44:18-47:27.
In October 1960, a delegation of 130 Jewish leaders met with...
A win for the sisterhood
By Rabbi Deborah Reichmann
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This week’s Torah portion is Vayetze, Genesis 28:10 - 32:3.
This week’s parshah tells of Jacob’s flight from Beersheva, his...
Isaac’s do-over adds justice to Abraham’s love
By Rabbi Alana Suskin
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This week’s Torah portion is Toldot, Genesis 25:19 - 28:9.
A number of people are credited with the pithy saying, “The...
Taking it slowly across a very narrow bridge
By Rabbi Lizz Goldstein
This week’s Torah portion is Chayei Sarah, Genesis 23:1-25:18.
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov would say, “The whole world is a very narrow...
