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Oct 30, 2022

Is Judaism Pro-Choice?

Is Judaism “abortionist”? A question that may bother many. A sensitive issue that divides societies and, in American society, it seems to...

Oct 29, 2022

Parashat Lech Lecha: Why does evil exist?

“The Lord said to Avram: Leave your land, your birthplace, your father’s house.” What can this be compared to? To a man who travels from...

Oct 22, 2022

Parashat Noach: Integrity is Better than Greatness

Probably the most well-known pasuk in our parashah this week is the first: Noach ish tzadik hayah bedorotav. Noach was a righteous man in...

Oct 19, 2022

Parashat Bereshit: Believing in Humanity Despite Itself

We start again. The cycle that we hope will never be interrupted, in which we finish the reading of the Torah and immediately restart it...

Oct 8, 2022

Parashat Sukkot: A Prescription for Happiness

Kohelet, Ecclesiastes, is the Megilah we read in the Sukkot. It reminds us that there is a time for everything in life, while wondering...

Oct 1, 2022

Parashat Haazinu: An Invitation to Witness

Who could say goodbye to this world singing? The melodies of Yamim Norayim still resound in our ears. If we could choose, perhaps, like...

Sep 29, 2022

The Search for a Positive Vidui

When I was a child I was lucky enough to learn Hebrew and Judaism in a way that I only understood when I became an adult. The Hebrew...

Sep 24, 2022

Parashat Vayelech—Shabbat Shuvah: An Act of Teshuva (Repentance)

The marathon has already started. We are going through the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe. We are in the middle of Aseret Yemei Teshuvah,...

Sep 17, 2022

Parashat Nitzavim: The Pressure to Commit

Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem lifnei Adonai— “All of you today stand tall before the Creator.” Thus begins our parasha. It speaks to all of...

Sep 10, 2022

Parashat Ki-Tavo: To Be Present

Parashat Ki-Tavo includes, as usually happens, in the last sections, many references to mitzvot of which Moshe reminds the People of...

Sep 3, 2022

Parashat Ki-Tetze: Take Advantage of Your 30 Days

We are already aware that we are going through the month of Elul. If you haven't started your personal review for the year that is about...

Aug 31, 2022

Yaakov—A role model for Yamim Norayim

We are going through the month of Elul and obviously we find ourselves again after a year in the same place of scrutinizing our interior,...

Aug 27, 2022

Parashat Shoftim: A King Must Remember Who is Above Him

If you wanted a parasha that would make you think about several topics with a single reading, that is the one that summons us this week....

Aug 20, 2022

Parashat Re'eh—Rosh Chodesh Elul: Look, Observe

Re'eh. Look. Observe. Sometimes it is difficult for us to distinguish between good and bad. And, above all, learn to discern and choose...

Aug 13, 2022

Parashat Ekev: Does the Lord Ask Too Much of Us?

What does the Kadosh Baruch Hu (the Lord) ask from us? It seems that He asks us everything. It seems that He demands a total dedication...

Aug 6, 2022

Parashat Vaetchanan—Shabat Nachamu: Consolation After Anguish

What is “being holy” all about? There is a parashah in which the Creator compels us to be holy, as He Himself is: Parashat Kedoshim. Our...

Jul 30, 2022

Parashat Devarim

The parashah that we are reading this week is Parashat Devarim. It is the first of the 5th and last book of the Torah. In this parashah...

Jul 23, 2022

Parashat Matot-Masei

This week we read two parshiot that, depending on the year, are read together or separately. This year, together (or mechubarot). In...

Jul 16, 2022

Parashat Pinchas

Who is Pinchas? Pinchas is both the hero and the antihero, depending on who judges it. Pinchas is someone who takes justice into his own...

Jul 9, 2022

Parashat Balak

In recent weeks we have seen how the People of Israel faced enemies and defeated them one by one, with the help and spiritual support of...

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