Torah Commentary

The angels disagreed about the creation of humanity

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By Rabbi Alana Suskin This week’s Torah portion is Bereshit: Genesis 1:1-6:8. There is a famous story in the midrash about the creation of humanity: When...

Lulav lessons

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Rabbi David L. Abramson | Special to WJW One of the central observances of Sukkot — beyond dwelling in sukkot, temporary dwellings — is the...

What is Moshe trying to tell us?

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Rabbah Arlene Berger | Special to WJW This week’s Torah portion is Ha’azinu, Deuteronomy 32:1-52. Parshat Ha’azinu is the second to last chapter in the Torah....

Yom Kippur and our community’s spiritual health

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Rabbi David Greenspoon | Special to WJW Yom Kippur begins at sunset on Oct. 4. The Yom Kippur Torah reading details a prerequisite before the...

Leaning into the difficulty

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Rabbi Jason Bonder | Special to WJW This week’s Torah portion is Ki Tetze, Deuteronomy 21:10-29:8. Every Rosh Hashanah, we read the biblical story “The Binding...

How to make war ethically

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Rabbi James R. Michaels | Special to WJW This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim, Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9. The book of Deuteronomy depicts the Israelites arrayed...

Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb | Special to WJW

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Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb | Special to WJW This week’s Torah portion is Re’eh, Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17. “Make a radical release.” Re’eh invites us to consider what...

What does God demand of us?

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Rabbah Arlene Berger | Special to WJW This week’s Torah portion is Ekev, Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25. This is the question raised by this week’s Torah portion: “And...

Listen, people

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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

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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...