Divrei Torah

*Bereyshit Genesis 1:1 - 6:8 127*
	Hebrew Text Full of Untranslatable Resonances	Dannin
	Kaplan on Creation: An Explanation of Jewish Mission	Scult
	Malachim	Dannin
	Not "How" but "Why"	Eron
	Shabbat and Holiness	Pik-Nathan

*No'ah Genesis 6:9 - 11:32 127*
	Symbolism of Rainbows	Cohen
	The Computer of Babel	Waskow

*Leh-Leha Genesis 12:1 - 17:27 126*
	"Be a Blessing"	Pik-Nathan
	"Ger" (Stranger/Convert)	Cohen
	Abraham and His Commitment to Judaism	Kalenberg
	Abraham the Warrior	Eron
	Avraham, Happiness, and God's Open Hand	Dannin
	Being a Member of the Jewish People	Cohen

*Vayera Genesis 18:1 - 22:24 127*
	Akeidat Yitzchak/Akeidat Uri	Masters
	Bound Faith	Pik-Nathan
	The destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah	Pik-Nathan
	The Sins of Sodom	Eron

*Hayey Sarah Genesis 23:1 - 25:18 105*
	Abraham's Second Life	Eron
	Filling in the Missing Pieces of Sarah's Life	Bolton
	Holy Places	Eron
	Sarah's Death in the Wake of the Binding	Gluskin
	The Life of Sarah	Pik-Nathan

*Toldot Genesis 25:19 - 28:9 106*
	His Father's Wells	Eron
	Isaac - Digger of Wells	Dannin
	Questioning Jacob's and Rebeka's Behavior	Gluskin
	Seize the Opportunity	Haimowitz

*Vayetzey Genesis 28:10 - 32:3 127*
	Connecting with the Divine	Pik-Nathan
	In This Place, In This Moment	Dannin
	Meeting Angels	Eron
	The Divine Plan	Cohen
	What God Promised	Dannin

*Vayishlah Genesis 32:4 - 36:43 127*
	Connecting the Dots	Dannin
	Discarding Alien Gods	Eron
	My Brother's Keeper	Eron
	Reconciliation and Change	Cohen
	The Blessing of Brothers	Pik-Nathan
	The Legacy of Yisrael	Pik-Nathan
	Wrestling with .....	Pik-Nathan

*Vayeshev Genesis 37:1 - 40:23 112*
	First Born Sons	Cohen
	Joseph, Part 1	Pik-Nathan
	On Being Ready	Pik-Nathan
	Tamar and Judah	Dannin
	Tamar the Hidden	Dannin

*Miketz Genesis 41:1 - 44:17 127*
	Jews-By-Choice: Asenath and Ruth	Eron
	Joseph, the Favorite Son	Bolton

*Vayigash Genesis 44:18 - 47:27 106*
	Desire and Fear	Dannin
	Judah	Pik-Nathan
	Prophets and Sages	Eron
	Reconciliation	Eron
	United We Stand	Cohen

*Vayhi Genesis 47:28 - 50:26 85*
	Birthright and Brotherhood	Pik-Nathan
	Jacob's Final Dream	Pik-Nathan
	Life Beyond Death	Eron
	The Danger of Religious Fanaticism	Greene
	The Goal of Life	Eron

*Shemot Exodus 1:1 - 6:1 124*
	"Blessed is the One Who is the Breath of Life"	Waskow
	Adjusting to New Narratives	Gluskin
	Being Trapped in Our Own Lies	Eron
	Moshe	Lobb
	To Know	Pik-Nathan
	Why Slavery?	Pik-Nathan

*Va'era Exodus 6:2 - 9:35 121*
	Making God Appear in Our Lives and Through Our Lives	Dannin
	Moses' Double Mission	Eron
	Speaking vs. Listening	Pik-Nathan
	The Other Side of Slavery	Dannin
	Two Prophets on Self-Deification	Cohen
	What's in a name?	Pik-Nathan

*Bo Exodus 10:1 - 13:16 106*
	Ad Bo-eina Shama - Until We Are There	Dannin
	Commitment and Continuity	Schein
	Defining Boundaries	Cohen
	Diversity Makes Us Stronger	Rosen
	From Slavery to Freedom - For All	Bolton
	Humility vs. Humiliation	Pik-Nathan
	Redeeming God's Wrath - A Poem	Greene
	The Sign of Courage	Eron

*Beshalah Exodus 13:17 - 17:16 116*
	Faith and Doubt	Eron
	It's Reassuring: Number of Jews Can Increase as Well as Shrink	Schein
	Jewish Continuity and the origins of "Ben Hur"	Mendelsohn
	Joyful, Soulful, Prayer	Greene
	Sinai and Mitzvot	Seidman
	The Singing of the Oppressed	Pik-Nathan
	Walking with Joseph’s Bones	Dannin

*Yitro Exodus 18:1 - 20:26 75*
	"Hearing" the "Voice" of God	Cohen
	Jews Struggle with Unity, Challenges of Membership	Schein
	Online Interactive Study Guide for Parashat Yitro	Gluskin
	Words of God	Pik-Nathan

*Mishpatim Exodus 21:1 - 24:18 118*
	A Vision of the God of Israel	Schuman
	Approaching Torah	Pik-Nathan
	Filling the Earth With God's Presence	Dannin
	Having Yourselves Been Slaves in Egypt	Eron
	Jewish Tradition and Slavery	Schein
	Ordering Chaos	Cohen
	The Gift of Freedom	Pik-Nathan

*Terumah Exodus 25:1 - 27:19 96*
	Blueprint for a Full Jewish Life	Schein
	Building the Tabernacle	Cohen
	Do you want to be a millionaire?	Eron
	God is the Architect, We Are the Builders	Cohen
	The Golden Calf and the Mishkan	Pik-Nathan

*Tetzaveh Exodus 27:20 - 30:10 101*
	A D'var Torah for Parashat Tetzaveh	Mendelsohn
	Connecting the Ner Tamid and Amalek	Pik-Nathan
	Creating Sacred Space	Bolton
	Dress of the High Priest had Deep Meanings	Dannin
	Forever is Forever	Dannin
	On Holding High Jewish Office: Do Clothes Make the Man?	Schein
	Purification Before Performing Rituals	Cohen
	Why Moses Did Not Become a Priest	Pik-Nathan

*Ki Tisa Exodus 30:11 - 34:35 127*
	Dualism	Cohen
	Grounded Engagement Connects Us To Infinite Joy	Dannin
	The Promise of Forgiveness	Eron
	The Torah as Puzzle: You Can Rearrange the Parts	Schein
	Trying to Limit the Divine - the Sin of the Golden Calf	Eron
	Two Sides of the Golden Calf	Pik-Nathan

*Vayakhel Exodus 35:1 - 38:20 122*
	Capacity to Receive is A Limited Resource	Gluskin
	Reconstructing the Prohibitions of Shabbat	Pik-Nathan
	The Giving Heart of the "Gangs of Washington"	Schein
	The Greatest Miracle	Eron

*Pekudey Exodus 38:21 - 40:38 92*
	Journeying From the Personal to the Communal	Greene
	Our Appointed Tasks	Eron
	Shadows	Pik-Nathan
	Vision is Important in Guiding Our Work	Schein

*Vayikra Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26 111*
	Drawing Close to Sacrifice	Dannin
	Insights from Leviticus	Cohen
	Leviticus - A Spiritual Guidebook	Eron
	Our Words And Prayers Are All We Need To Connect With The Divine	Esserman
	Shabbat Zahor -- Reconstructing Amalek Via Hasidism	Zevit
	Structure	Pik-Nathan
	Where Does the Spirit of Sacrifice Take Us?	Schein

*Tzav Leviticus 6:1 - 8:36 97*
	Olah, Zevach Shelamim and Iraq	Pik-Nathan
	The Ascending Heart	Schein
	The Thanksgiving Offering	Eron

*Shemini Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47 91*
	And God Blessed Nadav and Abihu	Dannin
	Respecting Boundaries	Cohen
	Strange Fire ... a Midrashic Reconstruction on Nadav and Avihu	Pik-Nathan

*Tazri'a Leviticus 12:1 - 13:59 67*
	Illness: Banishment or Empathy?	Eron
	Reconstructing Biblical Views on Impurity Following Childbirth	Dannin
	Sickness, Separation and Openings	Dannin
	Tzara'at and Impurity	Pik-Nathan

*Metzora Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33 90*
	Does Historical Accuracy of Religious Texts Matter?	Seidman
	Finding Healing in Separation	Pik-Nathan
	Sins of Emission?	Dannin
	Tzara'at and Selfishness	Cohen

*Aharey Mot Leviticus 16:1 - 18:30 80*
	Between Death and Death	Dannin
	Blood	Dannin
	Comparing Conservative and Reconstructionist Approaches in Dealing with Leviticus' Prohibition on Male-Male Sex	Nestel
	Ethical Mitzvot	Pik-Nathan
	Shabbat HaGadol	Cohen
	Warnings	Cohen

*Kedoshim Leviticus 19:1 - 20:27 64*
	What Ethical and Moral Standards to We Need Today?	Weissler
	Wholiness	Pik-Nathan

*Emor Leviticus 21:1 - 24:23 124*
	Collection of Brief Comments/Art from a TorahQuest Encounter	Gluskin

*Behar Leviticus 25:1 - 26:2 57*
	Land	Hirsh
	Poverty	Cohen
	Thinking, Speaking, and Acting: the Braid of Social Responsibility	Millas

*Behukotay Leviticus 26:3 - 27:34 78*
	"If You Follow My Laws..."	Cohen
	Blessings and Curses	Eron
	Walking in God's Ways	Pik-Nathan
	What is 'Herem" (Proscribed)?	Cohen

*Bemidbar Numbers 1:1 - 4:20 127*
	Marriage	Cohen
	Nachshon ben Aminadav	Pik-Nathan

*Naso Numbers 4:21 - 7:89 127*
	Holy Isolation	Cohen
	The Nazirite	Hirsh
	The True Honor	Eron

*Beha'aloteha Numbers 8:1 - 12:16 127*
	Be Careful What You Wish For	Stein
	Just A Little Prayer Will Do	Eron
	Miriam	Pik-Nathan
	The Hidden Meaning	Cohen

*Shelah Numbers 13:1 - 15:41 119*
	The Reminder of Tzitzit	Pik-Nathan
	Tzitzit	Hirsh

*Korah Numbers 16:1 - 18:32 95*
	Destruction and Creation	Pik-Nathan
	Leadership	Pik-Nathan
	What is "community"?	Cohen
	Who Has the Authority to Change Judaism?	Hirsh
	Why Did Korah Rebel?	Bolton

*Hukat Numbers 19:1 - 22:1 87*
	On Being A Paradox Jew	Cohen
	The Red Heifer	Dannin
	The Well of Tradition and Miriam's Well	Eron

*Balak Numbers 22:2 - 25:9 104*
	A Curse Turned Blessing	Dannin
	Balaam Recognizes the One God	Hirsh

*Pinhas Numbers 25:10 - 30:1 127*
	Egalitarianism	Pik-Nathan
	The Tragedy of Pinhas	Lobb
	The World of Silence	Cohen
	Transitioning Leadership	Hirsh

*Matot Numbers 30:2 - 32:42 112*
	The Importance of Re-Reading Torah	Hirsh

*Masey Numbers 33:1 - 36:13 127*
	Personalizing the Epic Narrative	Eron

*Devarim Deuteronomy 1:1 - 3:22 105*
	"Rav Lakh"	Pik-Nathan
	Shabbat Hazon	Hirsh

*Va'ethanan Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11 122*
	"It Reached No Further"	Cohen
	Our Sustaining Hope	Eron
	Shabbat Nahamu	Hirsh
	The Ten Commandments	Stern
	Tisha B'Av	Bolton

*Ekev Deuteronomy 7:12 - 11:25 111*
	"If I were a rich man..."	Eron
	Living the Good Life	Dannin
	Rewards and Blessing	Eron

*Re'eh Deuteronomy 11:26 - 16:17 126*
	"Be Happy!"	Mendelsohn

*Shoftim Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9 97*
	Ancient Debate	Lobb
	Examining Justifications for the State of Israel	Nestel
	Melech Ha-Olam, Sovereign of All	Eron
	Think Like a Lawyer	Dannin

*Ki Tetzey Deuteronomy 21:10 - 25:19 110*
	Honest Weights and Measures	Eron
	It Just Isn't So!	Eron
	Ownership of Property, Returning Lost Property	Pik-Nathan
	What is the purpose of observing mitzvot?	Cohen

*Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8 122*
	Consequences	Bolton
	First Fruits	Pik-Nathan
	Serving God in Gladness	Eron

*Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9 - 30:20 40*
	Choose Life	Pik-Nathan
	Standing Together in Covenant	Cohen

*Vayeleh Deuteronomy 31:1 - 30 30*
	You Should Live to Be 120	Eron

*Ha'azinu Deuteronomy 32:1 - 52 52*
	Between a Rock and a Hard Place	Dannin

*Rosh Hashanah*
	Being Part of the Universe	Scult
	God and People Mutually Accountable	Gluskin
	Our Akeidah, Our Binding	Dannin
	The Akeida: Questions of Sacrifice	Nestel
	Why on earth are we here?	Pik-Nathan

*Yom Kippur*
	Eleh Ezkarah -- Sacrifice and Martyrdom	Eron
	Future Prayer	Dannin
	Goat's Journey Helps Us to See Ourselves	Gluskin
	Let's Not Follow Noah's Example: A Call to Action	Zimmerman
	On Jonah and More: Getting Perspective in Order to Repent	Dannin
	Unetanah Tokef - In the Wake of the Decree	Frankel
	Walking the Walk: The Sacred Art of Energy Conservation	Rosen

*Sukkot*
	Reconstructionist Sukkot
	Sukkot: Yom Kippur's Counterbalance	Cohen

*Shemini Atzeret*
	Taking Down the Sukkah; Thoughts for the Day After Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah	Eron

*Simchat Torah*
	Moses Died With a Promised Land	Dannin

*Hanukah*
	December and Dedication	Spitzer
	How to Light the Hanukkah Menora and Sing the Blessings	Eisenstat
	The United States of Hanukah	Segar
	Three Reasons	Cohen

*Purim*
	Challenging Distinctions: The Purim Enigma	Segar
	Four Lessons We Learn from Purim	Tepperman
	Learning to Use Our Power for Good: Reflecting on Purim	Eron
	Let's Reconstruct Purim to Become a Celebration of Feminism	Carr
	Purim's Messianic Message	Eron
	Unpacking Amalek	Moise

*Pesah*
	Circles and Cycles: The Never-Ending Cycle of the Jewish Year	Pik-Nathan
	Family at the Root of Passover Commandments	Seidman
	Hassal Siddur Pesach
	Kiddush for Passover
	The Miracle of Freedom	Goldsmith
	The Tension Between Law and Redemption on Passover	Gluskin

*Shavuot*
	Ruth, the First Convert	Hirsh
	The Omer Song	Stein, Spitzer, Raphael

*Tisha b'Av*
	The Modern Meaning of Tisha b'Av	Eron

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