I want to ask you to look at this week’s portion with a different eye. Korach, as you will discuss this Shabbat, showcases a fight for power couched in the form of a [Read more...]
We have in this portion the tale of the spies, sent by Moses, to scout out this land “that flows with milk and honey” (14:8). The accounts of those spies take up [Read more...]
This week’s portion is complex and varied. It spans the range from ritual (the second Passover) to the challenge of leadership (chapter 11) to the famous encounter with [Read more...]
No matter how self-centered we try to be, we represent a community, says Chaplain Barry Pitegoff, BCC, in this d'var Torah on Parsha Naso. [Read more...]
We begin the fourth book, Numbers, B’Midbar! As we begin this book, our collective souls, weary after almost a year and a half of pandemic, cry out for strength. The [Read more...]
This week’s portion, Emor, presents us with a series of intriguing issues We look at the series of regulations around the priests, especially as they relate to being [Read more...]
This double portion details so many issues that this week’s Torah study will be overflowing with discussion. This double portion includes a swath of ordinances dealing [Read more...]
This double portion–long the bane of b’nai mitzvah students–presents unique challenges. From the prohibitions associated with childbirth through the laws [Read more...]
After about an hour flight, our helicopter dropped us off on the top of a mountain, on a glacier. The sky was a blue that defied description. The air was crisp. There was no [Read more...]
