Pinchas Thwarting Evil, Saving Lives D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Elyse Frishman June 12, 2015 The narrative of Parashat Pinchas is disturbing: the grandson of the High Priest Aaron slew two people, and was rewarded. Was he a zealot or not? He took lives. Did he save lives?
B'reishit Relationships, Responsibility and Renewal D'Var Torah By: Tamara Cohn Eskenazi October 7, 2014 Who are we? Parashat B'reishit pictures our origin as frail, naked earth creatures who are nevertheless bearers of the divine.