D’var Torah: Achieving Great Things Through Giving and Collaboration
Rabbi Erica Steelman
This week’s Torah portion is Vayakhel-Pekudei: Exodus 35:1 — 40:38
While the Torah contains many instances that reveal human shortcomings, this week’s double...
D’var Torah: The Aaron Problem: When Good People Compromise
Rabbi Peter Rigler
This week’s Torah portion is Ki Tisa: Exodus 30:11 — 34:35
We think we know who the bad guys are in Parashat Ki...
D’var Torah: Purim and the Hidden Divorce Story
Reb Ezra Weinberg
This week’s Torah portion is Tetzaveh: Exodus 27:20 — 30:10
How many books of the Tanach begin with a story made for the...
D’var Torah: The Need for Sanctuary
By Rabbi Tsurah August
This week’s Torah portion is Terumah: Exodus 25:1 - 27:19
The insistent wind blew snow flurries against our frozen cheeks and tugged...
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...