How to confront what is wrong without becoming it, and how to keep watch over those at risk without losing yourself to anger. Read it and leave with one thing you can do today.
Covenant in Everyday Life
How to confront what is wrong without becoming it, and how to keep watch over those at risk without losing yourself to anger. Read it and leave with one thing you can do today.
Awake to Truth in Days of Confusion
Parashat Shoftim (Judges)D’varim (Deuteronomy) 16:18 -21:9Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12-52:12 In this week’s portion, we encounter one of the most striking promises God gave through Moses: The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet … Read More
See What God Has Chosen
Parashat Re’eh (See or Look…) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 11:26-16:19 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11-55:5 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse.” (Deuteronomy 11:26) Life is full of choices, but not all choices are … Read More
From Egypt to Today: The Unbreakable Promise of God
Parashat Ekev (Because of) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 7:12-11:25Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 As I reflect on this week’s Torah portion, I’m struck by how timeless and relevant God’s Word is. A year ago, I wrote about this very passage, … Read More
Wrestling with Truth in Times of Deception
Parashat Va’etchanan (To Implore or Beg) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1–26 We are living in extraordinary times. Times of shaking. Times of confusion. And perhaps, times where the early signs of ancient prophecy are … Read More
Faith that Stands in the Storm
Parashat D’varim (Words) D’varim (Deuteronomy) 1:1-3:22 Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1–27 Shabbat Hazon (Vision) This Shabbat is called Shabbat Hazon, “the Sabbath of Vision.” It falls just before the ninth of Av, known as Tisha b’Av, a day … Read More
Stewarding a Promise
Parashat Mattot (Tribes) & Masei (Tribes and Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2-32:42 & 33:1-36:13Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4, 4:1-2 This week, we’re reading about the final stages of the journey from Egypt to the edge of the Promised … Read More
When Silence Fails
Parashat PinchasParashah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 25:10-30:1Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 With everything going on around us, in Israel and around the world, I believe we need to return to what anchors us. Not just tradition or ideas, but … Read More
God’s Permanent Blessing
Parashat BalakNumbers 22:2-25:9Haftarah: Micah 5:6-6:8 This week’s portion, Parashat Balak, tells a striking story that’s just as relevant today as it was then. Balak, the king of Moab, is terrified. He sees how Israel had … Read More