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Second Chances
There are many references to food in both last week’s Torah portion, Naso, (which I skipped in order to offer ideas for Shavuot) and this week’s…
Jun 19
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Shavuot
This website is all about celebrating Torah, and there is no holiday more focused on Torah than Shavuot, when we celebrate receiving the Torah at Mt…
Jun 9
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Banners and Crests
When my husband and I were engaged, we enjoyed playing around with potential mash-ups for of our last names to create a new “family name” that we would…
Jun 5
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May 2024
Reward and Punishment
This week’s Torah portion, Bechukotai, opens with one of the most persistent but challenging ideas in the Torah: the idea that God rewards the faithful…
May 29
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Freedom
This week’s Torah portion, Behar, introduces the economic and agricultural laws of the sabbatical and Jubilee years. These different cycles introduce a…
May 22
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Acts of Service
The opening of this week’s Torah portion, Emor, describes the special expectations that pertain only to the members of the priesthood. In many ways, it…
May 15
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To Be Holy
This week’s Torah portion, Kedoshim, articulates the central theme of the book of Leviticus: what does it mean to be holy? In Judaism, holiness or…
May 8
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The Omer
This week’s Torah portion, Acharei Mot, recalls the ancient rituals of Yom Kippur, which include sending a goat off into the wilderness for Azazel to…
May 1
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April 2024
Rejoining the World
This week’s Torah portion outlines an extended purification ritual, involving sacrifices, herbs, bathing, and shaving, ending with the afflicted person…
Apr 17
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Quarantine
During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the initial period of lockdown, a lot of Jewish thinkers were talking about this week’s Torah portion…
Apr 10
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Eating Animals
This week’s Torah portion, Shmini, provides the basis for the many of the most well-known laws of kashrut, namely the prohibition on consuming specific…
Apr 3
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March 2024
The Meal Offering
Everyone told me that finding ways to connect the Torah portion to a recipe and an interesting story or kid-based activity would get harder the further…
Mar 27
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