Father of Multitudes
Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
Hear Their Cries: This Year, May We Listen to Those Who Cry Out
Remember! Don't Forget!
Parashah Overview
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Moses reviews a wide variety of laws regarding family, animals, and property. (21:10–22:12)
Emor for Teens: Shabbat Sha-raps
Letting Abraham's Example Guide Us, During Election Season and Beyond
The “Close to You” Mystery
All the Jewish endings come together every year. Here we are at the last Shabbat of 5770. We are almost at the end of the Torah, with just five chapters left to go. The old year is coming to an end.
The “Close to You” Mystery
All the Jewish endings come together every year. Here we are at the last Shabbat of 5770. We are almost at the end of the Torah, with just five chapters left to go.
Ain't No Room
In this week's parashah, Ki Tavo, we read: "You shall go to the priest and say to him, 'I acknowledge this day before Adonai your God that I have entered the land that God swore to our fathers to give us.
The New Year is a Chance to Realign Our Actions with Our Values
How can we hold ourselves accountable for our actions? How can we follow through with changing our own lives?
Facing Mortality and Choosing Life
You stand this day, all of you, before the Eternal your God – you tribal heads, you elders, and you officials, all the men of Israel, you children, you women, even the stranger within your camp, from wood chopper to water drawer – to enter into the cov