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• May 5, 2021 Let My Land Rest! – Behar-Behukotai

  A law that could not have been written by humans.

• April 28, 2021 A Mother Cow and Her Calf – Emor

  A simple law that tells us a lot about God, Torah and ourselves.

• April 21, 2021April 22, 2021 All Good Things Need Boundaries – Acharei-Kedoshim

  The finest wine is no good without a bottle to contain it.

• April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 When One’s Skin Became One’s Teacher – Tazria-Metzora

  Leprosy in the Torah had nothing to do with the illness known as a leprosy today.

• April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 When God Makes an Appearance – Shemini

  Why did the Divine Presence appear on that day?

• March 31, 2021 Why Moses Brought Joseph’s Bones Out Of Egypt – Passover Final Days

  Was this not a task Moses could’ve delegated?

• March 24, 2021 A Passover Law That Mystified the Sages – Passover First Days

  Even the Sages were confused until Hillel arrived.

• March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 When God Calls – Vayikra

  Why on earth would we put God on hold?

• March 10, 2021May 21, 2021 With Bells On! – Vayakhel-Pekudei

  The pomegranates and bells on the High Priest’s robe.

• March 3, 2021March 9, 2021 We Have Some Holy Waiting To Do – Ki Tisa

  Let’s not be defined by an inevitable but momentary regression.

• February 24, 2021March 10, 2021 How Can the Almighty Dwell Within Little Ol’ Us? – Tetzaveh

  God didn’t say He’d dwell “among us,” but rather “within us.”

• February 17, 2021 Even Moses Can’t Do It Alone – Terumah

  Table for Five: Terumah  Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist And you shall erect the Tabernacle according to its proper manner, as you have been shown on the mountain. -Ex. 26:30   Rabbi Nicole Guzik, Sinai Temple It is often …