D'var Torah
Shavuot 2023: A Sampling of (M)oral Torah
These 7 divrei Torah, one for each of the 7 weeks of the Omer that lead up to Shavuot, span the breadth of the entire Torah, from Genesis to Deuteronomy, and come from 7 exceptional T'ruah rabbis who lend their voices to the call for a more just and moral world.
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Bamidbar: Finding God in the Wilderness
That the Torah addresses the concerns that civilization inevitably brings, along with awareness of the need for individuals to experience God in wilderness, seems to me a profound grappling with the needs both of human beings and of God’s non-human world.
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Behar-Bechukotai: Proclaiming Dror Throughout the Land
...modern American politics have alienated the word dror from the Jewish concept of liberty.
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Emor: Sacred Times: A Moment to Reflect on AAPI Allyship
This month, we have overlapping “sacred times”: the counting of the Omer and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.
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Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: The Insidious Crime That Steals Billions of Dollars a Year from Workers
We are commanded to be holy in this parshah and “to not profit by the blood of our fellow.” (Leviticus 19:16) This means that we are obligated to do our best in preventing worker abuse.
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Tazria-Metzora: Tweet Others as You Would Want to be Tweeted
When the boogeyman of the mob is demystified, we have the humanity to look even our enemy in the face as a real, breathing human soul.
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Connecting Parshat Tazria-Metzora to the Moment in Israel
A resource for clergy speaking about Israel at 75.
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Israel at 75 Resources for Clergy: Shabbat of April 21-22, 2023
As Jewish clergy we have an obligation to raise our moral voices against injustice being perpetrated at home and abroad.
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Pride Month: Resisting Anti-Trans Pharaohs
In a time when modern day Pharaohs are seeking to peddle fear, to oppress, and to erase transgender people, we can take our direction from our brave matriarchs.
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Invite the Erev Rav/Mixed Multitude to join the seder this year
This year I want to be a wise child who asks: “Can I be brave enough to go out and see who is suffering for my freedom?"
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