D’var Torah: Moving Forward and Not Getting Stuck
Rabbi Alison Kobey
This week’s Torah portion is Beshalach: Exodus 13:17 — 17:16
What do you do when you are terrified? How do you support yourself...
D’var Torah: Transforming Lived Experiences Into Collective Memories
Rabbi Debbie Reichmann
This week’s Torah portion is Bo: Exodus 10:1 — 13:16
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the...
D’var Torah: Speech, Power and Resistance
Rabba Daphne Lazar Price
This week’s Torah portion is Va’era: Exodus 6:2 — 9:35
Parashat Va’era is a story about power and about being heard. This...
D’var Torah: Help Wanted: Superheroes Need Not Apply
Rabbi Eric Mollo
This week’s Torah portion is Shemot: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1
The book of Exodus opens with verses that feel like a comforting continuation...
D’var Torah: Vayitchazek: He Gathered His Strength
Rabbi Neil Tow
This week’s Torah portion is Vayechi: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” —...
D’var Torah: Yehudah and the Power of Gratitude
Rabbi Rachel Hersh
This week’s Torah portion is Vayigash: Genesis 44:18 – 47:27
This week is the third of four sections of the Joseph cycle, the...
D’var Torah: Miketz 2025: The ‘Second Season’ of the Joseph Saga
Clifford S. Fishman
This week’s Torah portion is Miketz: Genesis 41:1 – 44:17
Imagine the Joseph saga as a three-season series on HBO.
Season one (last week’s...
D’var Torah: How We Change
Rabbi Melanie Aron
This week’s Torah portion is Vayeshev: Genesis 37:1 – 40:23
What enables us to change? What gives us the motivation and the strength...
D’var Torah: Jacob and the Jar
Rabbi David B. Helfand
This week’s Torah portion is Vayishlach: Genesis 32:4 – 36:43
“How much does your life weigh?” In “Up in the Air,” George...
D’var Torah: Jacob’s Relationship With God
This week’s Torah portion is Vayetze: Genesis 28:10 – 32:3
Nowhere do we find the God of immanence more than in the stories of Jacob,...