Acting Rightly, Choosing Wisely
By Rabbi Nathan Martin
Parshat Re’eh
In the beginning of this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, Moses mentions the communal ritual of the calling out of the...
Our Eyes May Deceive Us
By Rabbi Gila Colman Ruskin
Parshat Eikev
You young folks just really don’t appreciate all that we went through so that you and your peers could...
To Learn and to Teach
By Rabbi Fred V. Davidow
Parshat Va-etchanan
In Deuteronomy 4:1-14 one verbal root is used five times. It is l-m-d, lamed-mem-dalet. The basic meaning is to...
No Mikvah, No Problem — Converts Head to Camp Ramah
By Josefin Dolsten
On a typical summer day, hundreds of kids can be found around the lake at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires splashing around...
All We Have to Fear…
By Rabbi Raysh Weiss
Parshat Devarim
The fifth and final book of the Torah, the Book of Deuteronomy (Devarim in Hebrew) is also referred to as...
Torah Akin to Modern-Day GPS
Parshat Mattot-Mas’ei
By Rabbi Robert Layman
In this era of GPS and Waze, road maps, which are still available, have basically become a relic of the...
Eruv Maintenance Tricky in a Pandemic
Maintaining an eruv in Philadelphia before the COVID-19 pandemic was already a juggling act.
Those charged with overseeing the various eruvs throughout the city had...
Differ Between Passion, Fanaticism
By Rabbi Jon Cutler
Parshat Pinchas
This Shabbat’s Torah portion, Parshat Pinchas, begins by referring to an event that occurred at the end of the prior...
The Heart Knows That Is Right
By Rabbi Gregory S. Marx
Parshat Chukat-Balak
According to a midrash, Pharaoh had three advisers. He didn’t know what to do with the Jewish people. They...
On Questioning Accepted Truths
By Rabbi Leah R. Berkowitz
Parshat Korach
This is not an easy time to read about the rebellion of Korach.
In this week’s Torah portion, Korach stages...