4 Adar 5780

February 28, 2020 From the spiritual to the ordinary, from the metaphysical to the concrete, this week’s Torah reading, Terumah (Exodus 25:1-27:19), takes us from the extraordinary event at Mt.…

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27 Shevat 5780

February 21, 2020 Case number one: A person was standing outside the house of prostitution, trying to decide:  Should I or shouldn’t I? Should I go in or not? The…

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20 Shevat 5780

February 14, 2020 I have always found it surprising and instructive that this week’s portion, Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23), which contains the revelation at Sinai and the Ten Commandments, is named…

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13 Shevat 5780

February 7, 2020 In this week’s Torah portion, Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16), we have finally emerged from the darkness of Egypt and we are now headed into a different sort of darkness, the…

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