Listen, people
Rabbi Abi Weber | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Va’etchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11.
Every evening for the last 19 months, my wife...
A people on the cusp of a milestone
Rabbi Sarah Tasman | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Devarim, Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22.
Devarim (Words), begins the fifth and final book of the Five...
When a woman’s word and property were not her own
Rabbi Deborah Reichmann | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Matot-Masei, Numbers 30:2 - 36:13.
Whenever women get to be center stage in the...
Pinchas and Goethe
Rabbi Jack Luxemburg | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Pinchas, Numbers 25:10 - 30:1.
“What you get by achieving your goals is less...
When God gives us the power of speech
Rabbi Alana Suskin | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Balak, Numbers 22:2 - 25:9.
The opening verses of Leonard Cohen’s song “If It...
What did Moses do that was so wrong?
By Rabbi Craig Axler
This week's Torah portion is Chukat, Numbers 19:1 - 22:1
In this week’s Torah portion, we find several key moments that advance...
Resolving disagreements
Rabbi Tyler Dratch
Parshat Korach includes the most satisfying account of divine justice in the entire Torah. Korach assembles a group of 250 leaders who...
Miriam’s illness, Moses’ prayer to heal
Rabbi Valerie Joseph | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Beha’alotecha, Numbers 8:1-12:16.
A lot happens in Beha’alotcha.
• God tells Moses to assign his...
What will we do with the bitter waters?
This week’s Torah portion is Nasso,
Numbers 4:21 - 7:89.
Full disclosure: I love Torah. Deeply. Even at its worst.
Our parshah describes a marriage gone...
Our attitude should be one of gratitude
Rabbi Jennifer Weiner | Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Bechukotai, Leviticus 26:3-27:34.
There is a legend about a king who processed a perfect...
