SidrahA full-bodied festival: the parashah for Succot“On the first day you shall take the product of hadar trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Eternal your God seven days” Leviticus 23:40By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahThe Shabbat of return: this week’s parashah, Ha’azinu“The Rock, Whose work is perfect, for all His ways are justice” Deuteronomy 32:4By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahThe world is a circle: the parashah for Rosh Hashanah“Do not stretch out your hand” Genesis 22:12By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur2 min read
SidrahAccessible Torah: this week’s parashah, Nitzavim-Vayelech"For this commandment that I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away… It is not in heaven… nor is it beyond the sea… Rather, the matter is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to do it" Deuteronomy 30:11–14By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahNegative messaging: this week’s sidrah, Ki Tavo“Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law” Deuteronomy 27:26By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
SidrahThe forgotten sheaf: this week’s parashah, Ki TetzeiWhen you reap the harvest in your field and overlook a sheaf in the field, do not turn back to get it; it shall go to the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow—in order that the Eternal your God may bless you in all your undertakings. Deuteronomy 24:19By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahThe pursuit of justice: this week’s sidrah, Shoftim“Justice, justice shall you pursue, so that you may live and inherit the Land that the Lord your God is giving you” Deuteronomy 16:20By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahChosen people, this week’s parashah: Re’ehSegulah from all the peoples” Deuteronomy 14:2By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
SidrahLoving the stranger: this week’s parashah, Ekev“You too must love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” Deuteronomy 10:19By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahSaying no: this week’s parashah, Va’etchanan“I pleaded with God” Deuteronomy 3:23By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
SidrahThe Temple of Love: this week’s parashah, Devarim“Learn to do good. Seek justice; aid the wronged. Uphold the rights of the orphan; defend the cause of the widow” Isaiah 1:17By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahA story of journeys: this week’s sidrah, Mattot-Massei“Moses recorded their departures for their journeys by the word of God; and these were their journeys from their departures” Numbers 33:2By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahKorah’s descendants: this week’s parashah, Pinchas“The descendants of Korah did not die” Numbers 26:11By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
SidrahThe challenge of new leaders: this week’s parashah Chukkat-Balak“Miriam died there and was buried there. And the community was without water, and they assembled against Moses and Aaron” Numbers 20:1–2By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahDefusing conflict: this week’s parashah, Korach“Listen, please” Numbers 16:18By Rabbi Alex Israel2 min read
SidrahWomen and tallit: this week’s sidrah, Shelach Lecha“Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner” Numbers 15:38By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahCarrying the ark forward: this week’s parashah, Beha’alotecha“And it came to pass, when the Ark set forward, that Moses said, ‘Rise up, Lord, and let Your enemies be scattered; and let those who abhor You flee before You’” Numbers 10:35By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahThe mysterious voice: this week’s parashah, Naso“The Voice addressing him” Numbers 7:89By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
ShavuotConnecting with Jerusalem: the parashah for Second Day Yom TovThree times a year – on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, on the Feast of Weeks, and on the Feast of Booths – all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place that God will choose Deuteronomy 16:16)By Rabbanit Joanne Greenaway1 min read
SidrahBecoming an adult: this week’s parashah, Bemidbar"From 20 years” Numbers 1:3By Rabbi Alex Israel1 min read
sidrahCultivating self-restraint: this week’s parashah, Behar-Bechukkotai‘That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you: you shall not sow, neither shall you reap the aftergrowth or harvest the untrimmed vines’ Leviticus 25:11By Rabbi Hannah Kingston1 min read
SidrahWhat counts: this week’s sidrah, Emor“And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the Omer of the wave offering; seven complete Sabbaths shall there be” Leviticus 23:15By Rabbi Dr Yoni Birnbaum1 min read
SidrahUnjust laws: this week’s parashah, Acharei Mot-Kedoshim”You shall not make an avel out of law” (Leviticus 19:15 and 19:35)By Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur1 min read
