The choice is yours. Okay, so it might not always feel that way: we human beings must rush from obligation…
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“Turn it, turn it, for everything is in it,” said Rabbi Ben Bag Bag of the Torah. A beautiful and…
I’m sure you’ve heard the famous story about the young man who demanded that Rabbi Hillel teach him “all of Torah…
“Justice, justice, shall you pursue.” These are, without a doubt, the most memorable lines from this week’s Torah portion, parshat…
Ours is not the only time, place and culture besotted by putative “leaders” whose basis for power and position is…
As a rabbi, I’m saddened when I encounter people who feel rejected by Judaism because of reactionary or punitive Torah verses, exclusionary…
“Nachamu, nachamu ami — find comfort, find comfort my people. Your term of service is over; your iniquity expiated,” the…
Have you ever noticed how a story’s details can morph slightly from telling to telling? It’s a trick of our…
Jewish tradition makes use of many different names for God dependent upon situation and desired outcome. Offering prayers or making…
One might imagine, given his long history of leadership and thin pretext for not entering the Promised Land, overwhelming malevolence…