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Category Archives: Weekly Torah portion

Finding Peace in a World Without Peace

June 1, 2023

Today is June first, which doesn’t mean much if you live in certain parts of the world, but here in …

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Everyone Counts

May 18, 2023

BaMidbar. In the desert. We think of the desert as wild and untamed, where there is nothing of consequence, simply …

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To Life

January 5, 2023

“And he lived.” That’s how this week’s Torah portion begins, but the verse ends with Jacob’s death. The same thing …

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Eulogy Virtues

June 18, 2022

I was recently asked for a copy of my resume. This wouldn’t be odd except that I’ve announced that I’m …

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Holiness Means Standing Up For Our Minds and Our Bodies

May 8, 2022

Kedoshim. The first word of this past week’s Torah portion means holiness. Not individual holiness. It is a plural word, …

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Still Here

April 28, 2022

This week’s Torah portion tells of the biblical High Priest and the ritual he performed on Yom Kippur. It included …

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Celebrating Women

December 24, 2021

This week’s Torah portion is the very beginning of the book of Exodus, and it is one of my favorites. …

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Meaningful Lives

December 17, 2021

This weekend we will read the last chapters of Genesis. The Torah portion’s first word is vayichi which means “and …

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Good Job, God

October 29, 2021

One of my favorite lines that we sing in synagogue comes at the end of psalm 92, the Shabbat Psalm. …

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Vision or Imagination?

October 25, 2021

We envision all kinds of things. Possible futures, impossible futures, alternative futures. Distinguishing between vision and imagination is difficult, if …

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