Textual Commentaries

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• Commentaries on Psalms
• Psalm 1
• Psalm 30 (video)

Torah Commentaries

◄ Bereishit / Genesis ►

Bereishit
● "Darkness" or "The Book of Dexter (4:7)"
Noach

● It Will be Good

● Are We What We Need?

Lech Lecha:

● Abraham and the Idols
● Into the Woods
● Wholeness and Sacrifice
● Ready
Vayera

● Which Fire?

● The Akeidah Post 9/11
● Seeing the Other
● The Quality of Sodom
Chayei Sarah

● Isaac's Prayer
● Expectations for the Modest
Toldot

● Toldot Unbound
● Why am I?
Vayetze

● Leah's Hidden Blessing
● Qualified Pluralism & Part II
Vayishlach
Vayeshev

● The Threat of Serenity
● Peace and Quiet
Mikketz

● Remembering Our Dreams
Vayigash

● Closer, Come Closer
●The Possible Blessing of Encounter

●Broken Words

Vayechi

◄ Shemot / Exodus ►
● A World Without Children's Voices

● Salvation without a Name

● Must it be Armageddon?
Va'era

● Diving for Hidden Treasure
Bo

● A World of Chesed
Beshallach

● Turning (video)

● Born Again 
Yitro

● Two Roots
● Why I Fight
● The Necessity of Windows
● Is Sculpture Idolatry?
● Exodus and Relational Authority

Mishpatim
Terumah
Tetzave

● Always For and Sometimes Within

Ki Tissa
Vayak'hel-Pekudei

● Plaquesville
● The Value of Things
● The Necessity of the Whole

◄ Vayikra / Leviticus ►
VaYikra

● The Sacrificial Call

Tzav
Shemini

● Strange Fire
Tazria-Metzora

● Human Boundaries and Divine Inclusion

Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

● Intimacy [video]
● "Out There" or "In Here?"
● Troubling Tradition
Emor

● What's Holy and What's Not
Behar-Bechukotai

● The Wisdom of Chovav

◄ Bemidbar / Numbers ►
● Waiting 
Naso

● Personal Status and Jewish Leadership
● Journeying 
Beha'alotkha

Shelach Lekha

● Destiny and Choice

● The Power of a Glance
● Yearning for Home

Korach

● Trust and Care

● Trust

Chukkat
Balak
Pinchas

● The Mutual Vulnerability of Friendship
● The Blessings of Brokenness

● It's About Family
● One Year Later
Mattot - Massei

◄ Devarim / Deuteronomy ►
● The Absence of Jerusalem
Va'etchanan
Ekev

● Lift Up Your Eyes!
● Where Truth Awaits

Re'eh
Shoftim

● How to Judge
Ki Tetze
Ki Tavo

● Overcome, if only…
● God's Atonement
● Unintelligible Yet Meaningful
Nitzavim-Vayelekh

● Not Our Covenant
● Returning from Exile
Ha'azinu

● Is God Straight?