There’s nothing like the unknown to amplify fear; and there’s nothing like the wilderness to amplify the unknown. Our parsha this…
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Success is not a zero-sum game. While theoretically we might understand that “a rising tide lifts all ships,” we tend…
Upon first glance, this week’s parsha, Naso, could appear to be a somewhat dry account of an Israelite census. The…
Fairytales and stories are replete with perfect worlds where ideals are made manifest: ideas of beauty, concepts of justice, and…
We know that words have the power to hurt and the power to heal, and we also know that sometimes,…
This week’s double Torah portion, Achrei Mot/Kedoshim, sends a goat straight to hell in a curious ritual of expiation. Or,…
Tazria-Metzora, perhaps the most challenging parsha of the most challenging book of the Torah for us moderns. This double portion…
Have you ever felt entirely unequal to the task in front of you? The Hebrew prophetic tradition is famously known…
Our parsha this week happens to be one of my favorites – not because it is a particularly happy tale,…
The formative Jewish narrative — more than the creation of the State of Israel, more than the days of creation,…