Torah Commentary

◄ 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 Va'era ● Diving for Hidden Treasure Bo ● A World of Chesed Beshallach ● 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 ● "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 ● The Power of a Glance ● Yearning for Home Korach 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 ● Determined to be Hopeful ● 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?