6/14- The Spies they Needed
6/7- The Value of Difference in Creating Love and Peace
5/24- Simply Normal: The Embarrassment of Altruism
5/17- Gerdening Season: An occupation of the Soul
5/10- Sarah, Chanah and Rosh Hashanah: The Character Ethic
5/3- Maintaining Meaning in Mitzvos
4/26- Tazria/Metzora: Childbirth & Tzara’as: Life and Death”
4/5- Tzav: Matzah of Servitude, Chametz of Gratitude”
3/29- Vayikra: Artificial Sweeteners”
3/22- Vayakhel-Pekudei: To Give or Be Given”
3/15- Ki Tisa- Breaking the Unbreakable”
3/8- Tetzaveh- Knocking on the way out: The Message of the bells”
3/1- Terumah- Making a Mishkan in Our Hearts: The Hinge of the Purim Story”
2/22- Mishpatim: “We Will DO and We Will Listen: An Everyday Message”
2/15- Yisro: The Battle Between Good & Evil
2/8- What “Pesach” can Teach the Lottery
2/1- Mitzvot: The Power of Action
1/25- Moshe & Aharon: Key to Partnership
1/18- Rediscovering the Burning Bush
1/11- Joseph and Tilikum
1/4- Not Your usual “Age-Old” Question
12/28- A Channukiah Identity
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12/21- Yosef & Channuka: A Timely Spark
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12/14- Naming Benjamin: The Strengths Perspective
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12/7- Leah’s “Tender” Eyes: Seeing beyond the Binary
11/9- The Diet of Torah
11/2- Justifying the Means with an Unjustified End
What was so bad about the unity of the people building the Tower of Babel? Learn about the value of unity, and how it’s not always so valuable.
10/26- Becoming a Bigger Person
10/5- What Now after Rosh Hashanah?
In this class we discussed the theme of Rosh HaShana, what we read from the Torah, and how it should inform us with the perspective moving forward in approaching the days of repentance.
9/28- Asking for Life
In this class we discuss the value of life, and what the Talmud means when it says it is better to never have been born! What should WE mean when we ask for life on Rosh haShanah?
9/21- The Anger of Love
In this class we discussed the structure of the Parsha and why it would be that way. We touched on a general idea about relationships in explaining a piece of Talmud which informs the structure of the Parsha.
In this class we discussed the mitzvah of Sha’atnez and from where it is (symbolically) derived. In our analysis, we learn about its connection to Cain and Abel and what that can teach us about ourselves, especially during Elul.