Philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, a holocaust theologian, knew what it meant to call out to God but get no response. In…
Know Where You Are Going
Pirkei Avot, a book of foundational principles of Jewish Ethics, teaches, “Know where you come from and to where you…
Dreams in Torah
“Jacob dreamed: a ladder was standing on the ground, and its top reached up toward heaven. God’s angels were going…
How to Honour a Woman
About 1500 years ago, our sages paired each weekly Torah reading with a specific reading from the prophets. The reading…
Hagar, Sarah, and Hope
In Torah, Sarah and Hagar have a troubled relationship. They live as family, but Sarah is mistress of the house…
Forgiveness & Atonement
How does forgiveness happen? Does a victim decide to stop being trapped by the past? Or must a perpetrator also…
Forty-two Stations
Masei – Travels. Forty-two stops on the route from the narrow place to the promised land. Forty-two letters in the…