Understanding Blessings and Curses
Rabbah Arlene Berger
This week’s Torah portion is Re’eh: Deuteronomy 11:26 - 16:17
“See, this day I set before you blessing and curse: blessing, if you...
Stars in the Sky
Rabbi Jack Moline
This week’s Torah portion is Eikev: Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25
Among the casualties of modern times are analogies to nature. I think “grains...
The Lord Is One
Rabbi Dr. Sanford H. Shudnow
This week’s Torah portion is Va’etchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11
Every Torah portion brings with it memories of where I was...
Digging Into Deuteronomy
Rabbi Steven Gotlib
This week’s Torah portion is Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1 - 3:22
On its surface, the Book of Deuteronomy appears to be a restatement of...
Shaping Memory
Rabbi Melanie Aron
This week’s Torah portion is Matot-Masei: Numbers 30:2 - 36:13
I’m not sure whether the picture I have in my mind of the...
Announcing Av
Rabbi Neil Tow
This week’s Torah portion is Pinchas: Numbers 25:10 - 30:1
“On the ninth of Av it was decreed that our ancestors should not...
Mah Tovu? What Is Good?
Rabbi Erica Steelman
This week’s Torah portion is Balak: Numbers 22:2 – 25:9
Dear Mother,
I just returned home from a rather strange experience. I hope by...
Chukat: A Study of Miriam
Rabbi Jennifer Weiner
This week’s Torah portion is Chukat: Numbers 19:1 - 22:1
As I sit down to write this D’var Torah, it is Erev Rosh...
Biblical Chutzpah Hall of Fame
Rabbi Eli Seidman
This week’s Torah portion is Korach: Numbers 16:1 - 18:32
Author Leo Rosten defines the term “chutzpah” as “gall, brazen nerve, effrontery,...
Maintaining Focus
Rabbi Daniel Braune-Friedman
This week’s Torah portion is Shelach: Numbers 13:1 - 15:41
If you woke any Jewish person in the middle of the night and...