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Commentaries on Jewish Texts/Holidays

Psalms: 

Psalm 1  ||  Psalm 23:4 (video) (text) ||  Psalm 30 (video 1) (video 2)  ||  Psalm 136 (video)

Holidays: 

Inside Edition Series: Rosh HaShannah || Yom Kippur || Channukah || Purim 

Sukkot: Feel Something, 

Passover: Haiku Haggadah

Tisha Be'Av: Watching Comedy (Sort of) 

Prayers:

Kaddish || 

Mishnah:

Berachot 2:2

Avot 2:3, 2:4

Talmud: 

Megillah 2a 

Nefesh haChayim: 

Intro || 1:1,2 || 1:3 || 1:4  (video) || 1:4

Torah Commentaries

◄ Bereishit / Genesis ►

Bereishit

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

Noach

Noach: Good Enough? (Medium)

Noach: Being Creators (TOI)

It Will be Good (TOI)

 Are We What We Need?

Lech Lecha

Can One Land Support a Family? TOI

The Uncertain Woods of Faith HuffPo

Wholeness and Sacrifice HuffPo

A beautiful, fragile world Medium

Ready

Abraham and the Idols

Vayera

Seeing Each Other (Medium)

The Quality of Sodom

Which Fire?

The Akeidah Post 9/11

Chayei Sarah

The Blessed Burden (TOI)

Twilight and Uncertainty (Medium)

Isaac's Prayer

Toldot

● Why am I?

● Bound and Blessed (Again) (TOI)

Vayetze

Leah's Hidden Blessing (MJL)

Sleep. Rest. Dream. (Medium)

The Nature of Tears (TOI)

Vayishlach

Wiser by the Wound (Medium)

VaYishlach: To Prevail (TOI)

Vayeshev

10 Years After Sandy Hook: A Jewish Reflection (Medium)

Peace and Quiet

The Threat of Serenity (HuffPo)

Miketz

● Remembering Our Dreams

Vayigash

ThePossible Blessing of Encounter (TOI)

Closer, Come Closer (Medium)

● Broken Words

Vayechi

● Abundant Love: The Wisdom of Jacob (MJL)

◄ Sh'mot / Exodus ►

Sh'mot

● A World Without Children's Voices

● Salvation without a Name

● Must it be Armageddon? (TOI)

Va'era

Diving for Hidden Treasure (HuffPo)

Seeing the Everyday as Miraculous (video, Jan. 21, 2023)

A World of Chesed

Born Again 

Two Roots

Bo

Beshallach
● Turning (video)

Yitro

● Why I Fight

● The Necessity of Windows

● Is Sculpture Idolatry?

● Exodus and Relational Authority

Mishpatim

Terumah

Tetzave
Always For and Sometimes Within (TOI)

Ki Tissa

● Plaquesville

● The Wisdom of Chovav

Vayak'hel-Pekudei

To Shake Ourselves into Awareness (Medium)

The Value of Things

The Necessity of the Whole

Pekudei

Why is Moses Kept Out of the Tabernacle? (MJL)

◄ Vayikra / Leviticus ►

VaYikra

TheSacrificial Call (TOI)

Tzav

Shemini

Tazria-Metzora
Human Boundaries and Inclusion  (Medium)

Tazria-Metzora’s Post-COVID Message: Be One Camp (TOI)

Body and Soul (Tazria/Metzora) (Medium)

Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

Don’t wait. Share love. Today. (Medium)

Intimacy [video]

Emor

The Pursuit of Purity (MyJewishLearning)

Driving to Sul on Shabbat & Holiness (TOI)

Behar-Bechukotai

● The Absence of Jerusalem

◄ Bemidbar / Numbers ►

Bemidbar

After the Wilderness: A Bemidbar Reflection on the COVID-19 Pandemic (Medium)

Bemidbar: Counting (Medium)

When the Desert Sings (video)

Va'etchanan

Ekev
Lift Up Your Eyes!

Naso
Personal Status and Jewish Leadership
Journeying

Beha'alotecha
Yearning for Home

Shelach Lekha
Destiny and Choice
The Power of a Glance

Korach
The Morning After a Rebellion (TOI)
Humble Power (MJL)
Lessons on Effective Ethical Leadership (Medium)
Trust and Care
Trust


Chukkat
Generational Transition & Miriam’s Legacy (TOI)
The Mutual Vulnerability of Friendship
It's About Family

Balak

Pinchas

● The Blessings of Brokenness

● One Year Later

Mattot - Massei

◄ Devarim / Deuteronomy ►

Devarim

● Where Truth Awaits

VaEtchanan

Jewish Riverdance?

Eikev

The Consequences of Listening (Medium)

Healthy Love (Times of Israel)

Re'eh

How Things Should Be (Medium)

Seeing Blessing (video)

Shoftim

Justice Amidst Freedom’s Allure (TOI)

Justice and Accountability (Medium)

Ki Tetze

Confronting Troubling Texts (Medium)

Ki Tavo

Gratitude for the Journey (TOI)

God's Atonement

We Don't Have the Words

An Intention

Nitzavim-Vayelech

The Power of Today (TOI)

We and They Are Enough (Medium)

Things, Hidden and Revealed
Returning from Exile

Ha'azinu

VeZot HaBracha

I'm so sad Moses had to die [#poem]
● Crying for Moses: Preparing for Yom Kippur. And Life.

Waiting