D’var Torah: Both Boys Lived
By Rabbi David Levin
Nobody is sacrificed on either morning. We move past that faster than it deserves.
The knife stops. The well appears. Both boys...
D’var Torah: Know Where You Stand
Rabbi Peter Rigler
This week’s Torah portion is Nitzavim-Vayelech: Deuteronomy 29:9 — 31:30
A number of years ago, I was driving on the D.C. Beltway....
D’var Torah: Seeing the World Through Divine Eyes
By Rabbi David Ackerman
This week’s Torah portion is Ki Tavo: Deuteronomy 26:1 — 29:8
Imagine this scenario. You’ve just given a presentation at work. A...
D’var Torah: God Is My Light and My Help
By Rabbi Malkah Binah Klein
This week’s Torah portion is Ki Teitzei: Deuteronomy 21:10 — 25:19
We have entered the month of Elul, the month of...
D’var Torah: The Stories We Need to Tell
By Rabbi David Levin
This week’s Torah portion is Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1 — 3:22
What do we owe the generation that comes after us, and what...
Choosing ‘We’
By Rabbi Erica Steelman
This week’s Torah portion is Chukat-Balak: Numbers 19:1 — 25:9
NOVA’s documentary “Bird Brain” offers a striking example of the benefits of...
D’var Torah: Korah’s Rebellion: A ‘Controversy for the Sake of Heaven’
By Clifford S. Fishman
This week’s Torah portion is Korach: Numbers 16:1 — 18:32
The opening event in this week’s Torah portion is “Korah’s rebellion.” Korah...
D’var Torah: Carrying Tradition Forward
By Rabbi Peter Rigler
This week’s Torah portion is Naso: Numbers 4:21 — 7:89
There are moments in Jewish life when time seems to collapse in...
Counting the Uncountable: Families, Wilderness and Moral Architecture
Rabbi Claire M. Green
This week’s Torah portion is Bamidbar: Numbers 1:1 — 4:20
The opening of Parashat Bamidbar feels strangely anticlimactic. After the legal precision...
D’var Torah: Whoever Keeps This Promise, They Shall Be Worthy
Rabbi Eric Mollo
This week’s Torah portion is Behar-Bechukotai: Leviticus 25:1 — 27:34
The great Maya Angelou once wrote, “we are more alike, my friends, than...