Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech: The Torah is not in the Heavens
Lo Bashamaim hi. The Torah is not in the heavens. The Talmud illustrates this with a story we have shared before, the story of Taanuro...
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Aug 31, 2023
Parashat Ki Tavo: To Whom Do We Owe Our Successes?
"And when you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, you shall take...
Aug 24, 2023
Parashat Ki Tetzei: A Love that Lasts
Have you ever experienced loving in an irrational way? I mean those loves that burst into your life and take over your body, your soul,...
Aug 17, 2023
Parashat Shoftim: Even a King Must Be Humble
Once again, the Torah places us in a situation where it recommends, instructs, and guides us on the path of humility. It's challenging to...
Aug 10, 2023
Parashat Re'eh: Rising Up Out of Suffering
“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God that I am...
Aug 3, 2023
Parashat Ekev: What it Truly Means to Listen
Parashat Ekev is the third in the Book of Devarim, or Deuteronomy. Ekev features a term that is repeated several times, actually more...
Jul 27, 2023
Parashat Va'etchanan: Remembering the Values of a Nation
The Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) approved the controversial "reasonability" bill last Monday with 64 votes in favor and 0 against....
Jul 20, 2023
Parashat Devarim: A Land of Milk and Honey
We are beginning the 5th book of the Torah, the last one: Deuteronomy. Its first portion, Parashat Devarim. This portion gives us a...
Jul 13, 2023
Parashat Matot-Masei: A Commitment to Growing Together
The Torah portions of this week, because we read two portions together, Matot and Masei, bring us a moment of the people where it seems...
Jul 6, 2023
Parashat Pinchas: Fighting Oppression Against Women
I remember that a few years ago, back in 2019, the United Nations Economic and Social Council voted with 40 in favor, nine abstentions,...
Jun 29, 2023
Parashat Chukat-Balak: Purity Among the Impure
Parashat Chukat-Balak contains rich themes to reflect upon. The Para Adumah (Red Heifer), the death of Miriam, the people's complaint...
Jun 23, 2023
Parashat Korach: How can we trust a leader?
How can we realize if a leader is positive or not? How can we determine if the words we hear from someone seeking a position, regardless...
Jun 15, 2023
Parashat Shlach Lecha: The World Depends on Us
Parashat Shlach Lecha is the portion in which Moses sends spies, at the request of the Lord, to Canaan to investigate whether it was a...
Jun 7, 2023
Parashat Beha'alotcha: Opening Our Hearts During Hard Times
Parashat Beha'alotcha places us in a complicated moment during the journey of the people of Israel in the desert. Many well-known...
Jun 2, 2023
Parashat Naso: Lifting Up the Fallen
The fact that we are numbers in this world is not new. We are the social security number, the driver's license number, and the passport...
Mar 26, 2023
Parashat Tzav: How do we deal with violent people?
Parashat Tzav describes how the offerings should be made and how the Kohanim should conduct themselves during those rituals. This theme...
Mar 19, 2023
Parashat Vayikra: Atoning for Our Faults
We are starting a new book: Vayikra. And this is one of the most complicated in the Torah. It's not that it's hard, because it really...
Mar 12, 2023
Parashat Vayekhel-Pekudei: The Privilege of Consecration
This week's parashiot seem, at first glance, to be of no importance. They are sections that, depending on the year, are read together or...
Mar 6, 2023
Parashat Ki Tisa: A Need to Feel Leadership
Ki Tisa, the Torah portion we read this Shabbat contains one of the most dramatic events in all of Biblical narrative: the incident of...
Jan 28, 2023
Parashat Beshalach: Signs that God is Present
We arrived to one of those moments in Biblical narrative that are not only culminating, but special: the crossing of the sea of reeds,...
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