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• October 21, 2020 The Crowded Ark – Noach

  What went into the Ark besides Noah’s family and the animals?

• October 14, 2020 The First Word Of The Bible Contains A Universe Of Meanings – Bereshit

  “In the Beginning” does not mean what most people believe it does.

• October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Shemini Atzeret: God’s VIP Lounge

  The holiday about nothing turns out to be the holiday about everything.

• September 30, 2020 Sages and Sukkahs – Sukkot

  The real meaning of that temporary hut.

• September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Not Everybody Can Be A High Priest… Or Can They? – Yom Kippur

  The Sages prepare the High Priest for his ordeal on every level.

• September 16, 2020 Did You Know There Are Actually Four Rosh Hashanahs Each Year? – Rosh Hashanah

  The Talmud expounds four dates as the beginning of the year.

• September 9, 2020 The Eyes of the World Are Upon Israel – Nitzavim-Vayelech

  Why does such a small country attract so much attention?

• September 2, 2020 Finding God In The Little Things – Ki Tavo

  After witnessing the Ten Plagues, the Parting of the Sea and the giving of the Ten Commandments, do we really need to see God in sandals that don’t wear out? Table for Five: Ki Tavo  Edited by Salvador Litvak, the …

• August 26, 2020 The Lesson of the Lost Ox – Ki Teitzei

  The Holy Inconvenience of Returning Lost Property

• August 19, 2020 Judges and Cops in the Torah – Shoftim

  The connection between faith and law.

• August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 The Torah Is Eternal – Re’eh

  Can we both keep the Torah sacrosanct and create innovations around it?

• August 5, 2020 Does God Offer a Quid Pro Quo? – Eikev

  God says, do good and you’ll be rewarded. Why can’t we see it?