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The Pursuit of Purity

Ancient rules regarding priestly purity offer guidance for moments when weighing different kinds of needs against each other proves difficult.

Under A Rest

Allowing oneself to be overcome by the exquisiteness of a moment is harder than it seems. Shabbat can help.

Stuck between Passover and Shavuot

Shavuot is not just the culmination of Passover, but also its subversion.

Walk the Walk

Truly great leadership requires a correspondence between an individual’s inner and outer lives.

The Paradox of Passover

Why is the festival of freedom also the holiday with the most rules?

Open Door Policy

Only when we open our doors to the hungry will we really be open to redemption.

Religious Catharsis

Modern Jewish life has been largely drained of the drama and emotional release available in ancient times. Is there a way to recapture it?

God’s Presence and Absence

Visiting with those in dire need, God's presence never felt more present — or absent.

A Place for the Primal

The mythic and the magical has its place in the sanctuary of the holy.

Giving Voice

Countless moments in the Bible demonstrate the raw power of voice, divine and human, to heal or destroy. 

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