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April 16, 2026 – 8:50 pm | Comments Off on Healing the Great Divide19 views

This week’s Torah portion speaks of the mysterious lesions that appeared on the skin of those who trafficked in gossip. Their punishment was at once severe and precise: they were cast into isolation for up to three weeks, until their affliction healed.
The Torah enumerates many forms of ritual impurity. Some …

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Devarim: Too Clever

July 15, 2018 – 12:59 am | Comments Off on Devarim: Too Clever4,874 views
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Sometimes we are too clever for our own good. One such time occurred in the second century when Rome decreed that Jews in Israel may not study the Torah on pain of death. Yet, the Talmud relates that Rabbi Akiva continued to offer public Torah lectures.
When questioned by Papus Ben …

Nitzavim: Sunnyside Up

September 24, 2016 – 11:34 pm | Comments Off on Nitzavim: Sunnyside Up4,006 views
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The Sunnyside
The other day, my three-year-old son accompanied me to the supermarket. I put a few dozen eggs in the cart and asked him if he likes eggs. What kind are they, he replied, hard boiled or sunny side up?
It made me realize that this is a question for life. …