Tag: Torah
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Torah tl;dr: “Vayigash”
Be your authentic self. Listen to the latest episode of my podcast here: 60 SECONDS TO WISDOM. Short teachings on the weekly Torah portion. Suitable for all who seek.
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“It is Quite Possible”
I’ve spent the better part of last week sick in bed. A bug that was going around our house caught up to me in the form of a bad headcold, and I was laying low through the new year, not doing much of anything. The saving grace was (in addition to watching the original Star…
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Torah tl;dr: “Noah”
Be Righteous Now. New episode is up. 60 seconds to wisdom. Short teachings on the weekly Torah portion. Suitable for all who seek. Read the full portion here.
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Torah tl;dr: “Haazinu”
You are potential. Listen to the latest episode of my podcast here: 60 SECONDS TO WISDOM. Short teachings on the weekly Torah portion. Suitable for all who seek. You can read the whole portion here.
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Torah tl;dr: “Ki Tavo”
It’s the small stuff. Listen to the latest episode of my podcast here: 60 SECONDS TO WISDOM. Short teachings on the weekly Torah portion. Suitable for all who seek. You can read the unabridged version here.
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Torah tl;dr: “Ekev”
Stay unsatisfied. Listen to the latest episode of my weekly podcast here: You can read the entire portion here. Torah tl;dr: 60 Seconds to Wisdom. Short Lessons on the Weekly Torah Portion. Suitable for all who seek.
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Swinging Across the Jordan
I didn’t post last week because I was away at summer camp. Each summer for the past few years I have spent a week as a faculty member at URJ Camp Kalsman, a Jewish summer camp in Arlington, WA. I spend my week leading services, tutoring for b’nai mitzvah, teaching Torah, hosting a reception for…
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Nachshon Moments, on Land as on Sea
The Israelites are on the move in this week’s Torah portion, Beha’alotcha, as they pick up their journey through the Wilderness to the Promised Land. It is quite a logistical ordeal, moving that many people along with all of their belongings, not to mention all of the communal property, primarily the Tabernacle, their central sanctuary…
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Why We Get Sick
Recently on one of my rabbinic listservs, a colleague asked about this week’s Torah portion of Metzorah. The portion speaks of tzara’at, the biblical affliction commonly translated as leprosy (but not really connected to what we consider leprosy). This portion and last week’s, named Tazria, both deal with this issue. In fact the two portions…
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