Friday, December 26, 2014

Vayigash

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“Joseph the Provider” In this week’s parashah, Joseph at long last reveals himself to his brothers and thereby begins the long-delayed proce...
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Hanukkah (Parshanut)

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Mai Hanukkah? What is Its Message for us? From a traditional perspective, grounded in and informed by traditional texts, Hanukkah is not re...

Vayeshev-Miketz (Parshanut)

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Who Was Joseph? The parashah for these Shabbatot—from Vayeshev to the end of Sefer Bereshit (the Book of Genesis)—have always seemed to me i...

Vayishlah (Parshanut)

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Vayetze (Parshanut)

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Toldot (Parshanut)

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HAyyei Saah (Parshanut)

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Vayera (Parshanut)

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Lekh Lekha (Parshanut)

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Noah (Parshanut)

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Bereshit (Parshanut)

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Hagei Tishrei (Modernity)

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Sefer Devarim (Modernity)

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Kedoshim (Modernity)

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Does Modernity Believe in Holiness? When I was a teen-ager and first began studying Humash using the Soncino Humash, that excellent work of ...

Last Days of Pesah (Modernity)

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Thoughts on Shir ha-Shirim Some thoughts on Shir ha-Shirim, “the Song of Songs,” which was read this past Shabbat, Hol ha-Moed Pesah. Sever...

Aharei Mot - Shabbat Hagadol (Modernity)

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Metzora (Modernity)

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Tazria (Modernity)

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Shemini (Modernity)

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Purim (Modernity)

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Tzav (Modernity)

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Friday, March 07, 2014

Vayikra (Modernity)

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Why Sacrifices? If there is one parashah which seems to run into head-on conflict with modern values, it is Vayikra, which opens the book of...

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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Shemot (Modernity)

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“Remember that You Were Slaves in Egypt” This week’s parashah begins the story of the bondage of our ancestors in Egypt, and the redemption ...

Vayehi (Modernity)

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Vayigash (Modernity)

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Miketz (Modernity)

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Vayeshev (Modernity)

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Vayishlah (Modernity)

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Vayetze (Modernity)

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Friday, November 01, 2013

Toldot (Modernity)

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The Birthright At first glance, the assumption underlying this week’s parashah is very different from that of the modern mentality (if ther...

Hayyei Sarah (Modernity)

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Vayera (Modernity)

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Lekh Lekha (Modernity)

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Noah (Modernity)

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Friday, September 27, 2013

Bereshit (Modernity)

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Introduction Having written Hitzei Yehonatan almost every week for fourteen years—two full “sabbatical” cycles—I found myself pondering what...

Simhat Torah (Ramban)

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Sukkot (Ramban)

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Ramban on the Four Species The taking of the Arba’ah Minim—the four species of plants: palm fronds, etrog (a kind of citrus fruit), myrtle ...