Parashat Teruma: Sanctifying the heart
Each person is a walking Temple; each has the power to build a dwelling place for the Creator of the world within his or her heart.
Torah Portion
Parashat Teruma: Religion in partial measures
Parashat Mishpatim: All or nothing
Parashat Mishpatim: The long search for moral society
Parashat Beshalach: The path to victory
Unite the nation through love and kindness, and we will defeat the descendants of Amalek.
Parashat Beshalach: How to cross the Reed Sea
We are at a watershed moment, and we need to respond from courage, artfulness, and faith, – not from despair. It’s time to cross the Reed Sea together.
Parashat Bo: Beautiful as the moon
The commandment of sanctifying the month is not merely a technical instruction for those who establish the calendar on how and when to determine the new month.
Parashat Va'era: Pharaoh’s sin of hubris
The blessing that led Pharaoh to the sin of arrogance is the very thing that will turn into a curse.
Parashat Shemot: Compassion and respect for others
Redemption and progress cannot come at the expense of another’s dignity.
Parashat Shemot: Women as leaders
The remarkable story of six heroines – six courageous women without whom there would not have been a Moses.
