Torah Commentaries
◄ Bereishit
/ Genesis ►
Noach: Good Enough? (Medium)
Noach: Being Creators (TOI)
It Will be Good (TOI)
With Fire in Our Eyes, We Will Fight for Our Family (Medium)
It Begins (Again) With Us (Times of Israel)
Toldot
Vayishlach
Vayeshev
Miketz
Vayechi
Shemot
Va'era
Bo
Go Forth (Medium)
Breaking Patterns, Building Paths: Lech Lecha on the Eve of an American Election (Medium)
Vayera
Chayei Sarah
The Uncertain Woods of Faith HuffPo
Wholeness and Sacrifice HuffPo
A beautiful, fragile world Medium
Ready
Abraham and the Idols
Seeing Each Other (Medium)
The Quality of
Sodom
The
Akeidah Post 9/11
The Chutzpah of Eliezer (Medium)
The Power of Showing Up (TOI)
Jewish Dignity in a Contested World (Medium)
Always Kindness. Always. (Medium)
The
Blessed Burden (TOI)
Twilight and Uncertainty (Medium)
Isaac's
Prayer
Pain and Birth (Medium)
Vayetze
Leah's Hidden Blessing (MJL)
Sleep. Rest. Dream. (Medium)
Wiser by the Wound (Medium)
VaYishlach: To Prevail (TOI)
Power and Responsibility (Medium)
What Is Your Name? (Medium)
Holding on Until Dawn (Medium)
Repairing the Heart of Family (Medium)
The
Threat of Serenity (HuffPo)
Remembering Our Dreams
VayigashCloser, Come Closer (Medium)
The Holiness of the Whole Truth (Medium)
When Love Wins (Medium)
◄ Shemot
/ Exodus ►
Struggling with Holiness and Power (Medium)
Must it be
Armageddon? (TOI)
Salvation without a Name
Diving for Hidden Treasure (HuffPo)
Seeing the Everyday as Miraculous (video, Jan. 21, 2023)
A
World of Chesed
Born Again
Two
Roots
Defeating Pharoah’s Descendants (Medium)
There Was a Moment: My Wife's Torah (Medium)
Why I Fight
The Necessity of Windows
Is Sculpture Idolatry?
Lampstands and Angels (TOI)
The Ark Within Us (Medium)
Ki Tissa
Vayakhel-Pekudei
VaYikra
Tzav
Shemini
Acharei Mot/Kedoshim
Emor
Ki Tavo
Nitzavim/Vayelech
The Power of Today (TOI)
We and They Are Enough (Medium)
Things, Hidden and Revealed
Tetzave
Always For and Sometimes Within (TOI)
Always For and Sometimes Within (TOI)
The True Weight of Leadership (Medium)
A Reminder of What is Possible (Medium)
Golden Calves and True Stability (Medium)
To Shake Ourselves into Awareness (Medium)
The Power of Words to Gather (Medium)
Begin with Shabbat (Medium)
Precious Stones (Medium)
The Sacred Balance: Building Without Excluding (Medium) (Pekudei)
Anne Frank, the Mishkan, and the Dust of Memory (Medium) (Pekudei)
Between the Books: The Space That Strengthens (Medium) (Pekudei)
What Will We Build? (Medium) (Pekudei)
The Weight of Sacred Work (Medium) (Pekudei)
◄ Vayikra / Leviticus ►
The Sacrificial Call (TOI)
Sacrifice (Medium)
Shemini
Tazria/Metzora
Human Boundaries and Inclusion (Medium)
Human Boundaries and Inclusion (Medium)
Body and Soul (Medium)
Authentic Pride and Responsibility (Medium)
Don’t wait. Share love. Today. (Medium)
Intimacy [video]
Intense Lessons from the Nova Exhibition: Learning to Dance Again (Times of Israel)
The Pursuit of Purity (MyJewishLearning)
When Torah Hurts, and When It Heals (Medium)
Cosmic Ripples (Bechukotai) (Medium)
Small Successes (Medium)
◄ Bemidbar / Numbers ►
Bemidbar
We Belong to Each Other (Medium)
Counting (Medium)
A Journey of Love and Resilience (Medium)
Counting the Uncountable (Medium)
Pierced by Names (Medium)
Instruments of Good (TOI)There Should be More (Medium)
Seeing Beyond Things (Medium)
Yearning for Home
Shelach Lekha
Seeing Beyond: Tzitzit and the Power of Connection (Medium)Shelach Lekha
Look What a Yud Can Do (Medium)
Grasshoppers No More (Medium)
Destiny and Choice
Courage and Pride (Medium)
The Power of a Glance
Pinchas
Mattot/Massei
Grasshoppers No More (Medium)
Destiny and Choice
Courage and Pride (Medium)
The Power of a Glance
The Morning After a Rebellion (TOI)
Humble Power (MJL)
Lessons on Effective Ethical Leadership (Medium)
Humble Power (MJL)
Lessons on Effective Ethical Leadership (Medium)
Generational Transition & Miriam’s Legacy (TOI)
The Mutual Vulnerability of Friendship
It's About Family
The Mutual Vulnerability of Friendship
It's About Family
Balak
Love Beyond the Tribe (Medium)
Eyes Wide Open (Medium)
A Broken Peace (TOI)
When Faith Grows (Medium)
On the Edge: Commitment and Unity - And Pride (Medium)
Devarim
Va'Etchanan
◄ Devarim
/ Deuteronomy ►
The Call to be Strong and Kind (Medium)
Jewish Riverdance?
Eikev
A Sacred Triad: Listening, Honoring, and Doing (TOI)
Re'eh
Shoftim
Justice Amidst Freedom’s Allure (TOI)
Justice and Accountability (Medium)
Ki Tetze
The Consequences of Listening (Medium)
Healthy Love (TOI)
The Perils of Prosperity (Medium)
Not Tomorrow. Not Later. Now. (Medium)
How Things Should Be (Medium)
The Call to Choose Blessing in a Broken World (Medium)Seeing Blessing (video)
Justice Amidst Freedom’s Allure (TOI)
Justice and Accountability (Medium)
Confronting Troubling Texts (Medium)
Warriors of Heart (Medium)Guardrails of Care (Times of Israel)
God's Atonement
The Power of Today (TOI)
We and They Are Enough (Medium)
Things, Hidden and Revealed
The Counterbalance of the Holidays (Medium)
Moses' Final Teaching: Owning Our Own Future (Medium)
Claim Life. Today. (Medium)
Moses' Final Teaching: Owning Our Own Future (Medium)
Claim Life. Today. (Medium)
Fierce Love: The Response to Our Prayers (Medium)
Marked by Dots, Guided by Crowns (TOI)
Holidays:
Talmud:
Marked by Dots, Guided by Crowns (TOI)
Ha'azinu
VeZot HaBracha
VeZot HaBracha
Waiting
Commentaries on Jewish Texts/Holidays
Psalms:
Holidays:
Sukkot: Feel Something,
Purim: "Victory" (2024) ||
Passover: Haiku Haggadah
Tisha Be'Av: Watching Comedy (Sort of)
Prayers:
Shema (with UJA, as part of the WORLDWIDE SHEMA 3.21.24)
Nefesh haChayim:
