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• October 28, 2020October 29, 2020 Not A Penny From Evil – Lech Lecha

  It is so easy to find justification for the claiming of reward and the avoidance of inconvenience, and so very much harder to undertake the opposite.     Table for Five: Lech Lecha  Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist …

• 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?