Bible

Dealing Wisely with Torah

In Parashat Vaetchanan, Moses "places" the Torah before the Israelites with a warning.

Are the giants described in Parashat Devarim primitive foes to be vanquished or a compelling culture to be resisted?

My mind and heart raced. I had never noticed gender disparity in something as simple as household chores. What else had I missed?

Even Isaac and Ishmael were able to set aside their distance and differences to focus on what united them.

Parashat Terumah lays out a list of regulations for spiritual development.

How Parashat Korach demonstrates extraordinary people doing extraordinary things.

The impacts of grassroots organizations and the division of power.

What can we learn from counting the Israelites?

In a society in which we value democracy and strive to assign leadership based on merit, what can we learn from the priesthood?

Our actions and our words must be in line with one another.

How to send environmental problems down the drain.

Vengeance cannot be the response to violence.