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Monday, February 22, 2021

Letting God In: Parshat T'rumah

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When you long for God, what's the relationship between failing and succeeding? This past week's parshah, T'rumah, offers an ...

Thursday, February 11, 2021

We will do what? And hear what?

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One of the most famous quotations from the Torah comes up in this week's parshah, Mishpatim. Most of the parshah focuses on the follow-u...

Sunday, February 7, 2021

Loving Words

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When the Israelites stand before Mount Sinai, in Parshat Yitro, they are attracted and repelled by God's word. Attracted "All the...

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

The Bigger Miracle (Postscript on Parshat Beshalach)

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A couple of months ago, it was Chanukah, and we learned that the bigger miracle in the time of the Maccabees was not that the oil in the men...

Thursday, January 28, 2021

"What" is this thing that nourishes us?

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In this week's Torah portion, Beshalach, there's a key word that repeats over and over: Mah, meaning "What?" Sometimes ...

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