D’var Torah: Losing the Plot
Shai Cherry
This week’s Torah portion is Mishpatim: Exodus 21:1 - 24:18
The plot of the Torah is not mysterious. It is not convoluted. It’s just...
D’var Torah: From a Distance
By Rabbi Erica Steelman
This week’s Torah portion is Yitro: Exodus 18:1 - 20:23
In the mid-1990s, while waiting for a subway car in a dingy,...
D’var Torah: Does God Have an On/Off Switch?
By Rabbi Eric Yanoff
This week’s Torah portion is Beshallach - Exodus 13:17 – 17:16
When my synagogue’s sanctuary was renovated, we completed the building just...
D’var Torah: We Need Each Other
Rabbi Megan GoldMarche
This week’s Torah portion is Bo: Exodus 10:1 — 13:16
After the plague of hail, it seems Pharoah is close to giving in...
D’var Torah: Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart: How Power Becomes Incapable of Change
Rabbi David Levin
This week’s Torah portion is Va’era: Exodus 6:2 — 9:35
One of the most theologically challenging chapters of the Exodus narrative is the...
D’var Torah: It’s Quite a Story: The History of the Jews
Rabbi Lance Sussman
This week’s Torah portion is Vayechi: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26
Like many of you, I have been watching Ken Burns’ six-part documentary on...
D’var Torah: Vayigash and the Human Capacity for Change
This week’s Torah portion is Vayigash: Genesis 44:18 – 47:27
As we approach the month of January in the Gregorian calendar, we Americans find ourselves...
D’var Torah: You May Say I’m a Dreamer
Rabbi Abi Weber
This week’s Torah portion is Mikeitz: Genesis 41:1 - 44:17
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, but no one...
D’var Torah: Conquering Complacency
Rabbi Gila Ruskin
This week's Torah portion is Parshat Vayeshev: Genesis 37:1-40:23
We all seek superheroes. We want to look up with pride to our ancestor...
D’var Torah: Voice and Voicelessness in Parshat Vayishlach
Rabbi David Levin
This week’s Torah portion is Vayishlach: Genesis 32:4 – 36:43
While reading Parshat Vayishlach this year, I was struck by the imbalance between...