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...
We can do this easy, or we can do it hard
By Rabbi Michael Werbow
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This week’s Torah portion is Vayera, Genesis 18:1-22:24.
Imagine the urgency with which Abraham greeted his guests. As soon as...
On the road well traveled
By Saul Golubcow
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This week’s Torah portion is Lech L’cha, Genesis 12:1 – 17:27
Robert Frost may have opted for “the road less traveled,”...
When using your words isn’t enough
By Rabbah Arlene Berger
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This week’s Torah portion is Noach, Genesis 6:9-11:32.
They say every rabbi really only has three sermons. Mine are: We...
Keeping it relevant in 5781
By Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
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This week’s Torah portion is Bereshit, Genesis 1:1-6.8.
In the beginning, ours was the human story. As the Talmud...
What can I learn today?
By Rabbi Jerry Seidler
The autumn holidays call out to Jews for teshuvah, not so much repentance in my view, but for radical self-transformation. For...
Experiencing joy during quarantine
By Rabbi Daniel Braune-Friedman
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During Sukkot in ancient times, Jews performed a unique water libation service — called Simchat Beit Hashoevah — inside...
On Yom Kippur, a wish and a challenge
By Clifford S. Fishman
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B’Rosh Hashanah yikateyvun,Uv-yom tzom kippur yeychateymun.
On Rosh Hashanah it is written, And on Yom Kippur it is sealed.
These words...
