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Torah
Bereshit
Bereshit
Everything Needs a Good Origin Story – Sam Zitin
Noach
Translating the Tower of Babel – Penny Pazornick
They’re Small, But Raindrops Add Up – Corrine Malachi
Lech Lecha
Communal Unity – Rabbi Dave Felsenthal
Fresh Like Bread, Fine Like Wine – Rabbi Ari Segal
Vayeira
Keeping the Faith – Rabbi Jon Green
Anyone Can Be Like Avraham Avinu – Marc Fein
Chayei Sarah
Miracles & Recovery – Nechama Kamelhar
Meet the In-Laws – Avi Schwartz
Toldot
What Can We Learn From Esau? – Avi Schwartz
Instant Soup or Slow Cooking? – Nechama Kamelhar
Vayeitzei
Making Deals With G-d – Rabbi Ben Gonsher
Climb Ever Higher But Pace Yourself – Rabbi Aharon Chaim Larson
Vayishlach
The Best of Your Abilities – Rabbi Jack Melul
Dots on a Kiss – Rabbi Dr. Joseph S. Ozarowski
Vayeishev
Missing in Action – Rabbi Aaron Greenberg
Once a Leader, Always a Leader – Rabbi Akiva Naiman
Mikeitz
Fighting Pharaoh’s Injustice Without Ego – Rabbi Moshe Zucker
Vayigash
An Awkward Family Reunion – Yardena Bannett
Teshuva, Self-Control, and Makings of Redemption – Yoni Colman
Vayechi
Changing History – Elliot Tanzman
Surprise! A Sedate Season Finale – Devora Weinstock
Shemot
Shemot
What Makes a Good Person Great? – Keevy Fried
Pay It Back: An Attitude of Gratitude – Dana Sicherman
Va’eira
From Plagues to Redemption – Ari Hoffman
Can You Beat Angry Frogs? – Rabbi Adi Isaacs
Bo
Moses, You’re the Man – Mordi Spero
Stuck Between A Frog and a Hard Place – Rabbi Yehuda Maryles
Bishalach
Exodus and Empathy – Rabbi Rovinsky
Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due – Ari Ziegler
Yitro
Owning Your Obstacles – Rabbi Moshe Dovid Weissman
Mishpatim
If Not Now, When? – Scott Shulman
Hear Freedom Ring – Jonathan Teitelbaum
Teruma
What’s Your Har Sinai Moment? – Shira Neuman
This Is Your Time – Rabbi Mordechai Burg
Tetzaveh
Spiritual Scrabble for the Kohanim – Meira Spivak
Let Out the Light – Rabbi Phil Karesh
Ki Tisa
Would Moses Have Had You Schlep in During a Blizzard? – Ari Ziegler
Wipe Out vs Write Out – Rabbi Moshe Rosenstein
Vayakhel
How Is Building the Mishkan Trickier Than Creating the Universe? – Rabbi Akiva Naiman
A Gift for Giving – Natan Brownstein
Pekudei
Why Is Vav So Essential to Our Communities? – Rabbi Glenn Black
Vayikra
Vayikra
How Is Doing a Voluntary Mitzvah Like Wearing a Snazzy Outfit? – Rabbi Ari Strulowitz
The Feeling’s Mutual – Chaim Strassman
Tzav
An Internal & Eternal Flame – Rabbi Azriel Rosner
Shemini
Pleasures of the Plate – Rabbi Phil Karesh
A Vision of Greatness – Rabbi Jesse Horn
Tazriah
Will You Chase the Pack or Are You Being Chased? – Rabbi Lashak
Metzorah
Please Don’t Eat Your Words – Rabbi Yehoshua Kohl
Acharei Mot
Choosing a Freedom and Taking Flight – Rabbi Gideon Black
Kedoshim
How Do You Define Holiness? – Rabbi Dov Emerson
Emor
Calendar Rhythms and Counting the Omer – Rabbi Ari Goldberg
Behar
Whose Slaves After Egypt? – Rabbi Darren Levin
Bechukotai
Bamidbar
Bamidbar
Flags That Separate and Unite – Hillel Bierbrier
Naso
Different Paths, Same Korban – Rabbi Yaakov Glasser
Beha’alotcha
Shlach
Where Do You Choose to Sit? – Rabbi Yaakov Frankiel
Korach
It’s All From Hashem – Josh Cohen
Chukat
The Sum of Old Fears – Avi Levy
Balak
Instant Messengers’ Service – Carol Rhine
Pinchas
Living Through the Just and Unjust – Amanda Esraelian
Matot
Surviving a Spiritual Severing – Rabbi Chaim Loike
Maasei
The Journey Is the Destination – Rabbi Judah Hulkower
Devarim
Devarim
Ages to Build, a Moment to Tear Down – Rabbi Tuvia Fried
VaEtchanan
Keep Calm and Chessed On – Karen Hochhauser
Eikev
The Backstory Behind Bentching – Shoshana Polakoff
Re’eh
When Money Is No Object – Rabbi Elliot Hecht
Shoftim
Judgements Then & Now – Rabbi Marchuck
Moshe For President – Rabbi Dinovitzer
Ki Teitzei
Shepherds of Parshat Ki Teitzei – Hart Levine
The Infinite Road of Elul – Rabbi Arieh Friedner
Ki Tavo
Happiness & Satisfaction – Rabbi Dani Appel
To Strengthen Another’s Hand – Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky
Nitzavim-Vayelech
Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech and Leadership – Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Torah That Flows Like Water – Rabbi Glenn Black
Haazinu
Moses’s “Swan Song” & Hindsight – Rabbi Boshnack
V’zot Habracha
Holidays
Rosh Hashanah
New Year Resolutions – Rabbi Tzali Freedman
The Day We Are Recreated Each Year – Rabbi Jon Green
Yom Kippur
How Is Yom Kippur Like a Mikvah? – Shoshana Charnoff
Prepare Your Three Tools For Teshuvah – Rabbi Dovid Cohen
Sukkot
About Sukkot, Sinatra Was a Sage – Rabbi Noah and Sarah Cheses
The Pursuit of Happiness – Rabbi David Markowitz
Simchat Torah
Chanukkah
Thoughts for Thanksgivukkah – Rachel Prero
Tu B’Shvat
When Should We Celebrate Tu B’Shvat? – Rabbi Torczyner
Purim
How Is Jewish Time Like a Circle? – Rabbi Micah Greenland
Pesach
In Every Generation – Rabbi Pinchas Stopler
Children of Redemption – Rabbi Micah Greenland
Lag B’Omer
Tapping Into the Inner Fire – Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Shavuot
Topics in Judaism
Pray For Rain or Rivers? – Ariel Pardo
Rabbi Werfel on Witnessing the Cheshvan 5775 Har Nof Terrorist Attack – Rabbi Joe Werfel