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Parashat: Bo Torah Reading: Exodus 10:1–13:16 “This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you” — Exodus 12:2 The medieval commentator Rashi asked rhetorically why the Torah did not start with this verse, as this is the first commandment Continue Reading »
Parashat: Vayigash Torah Reading: Genesis 44:18–47:27 “’For how can I [Judah] go home to my father without the lad [Benjamin], and thus see the harm my father will suffer?’” — Genesis 44:34 These are the final words of Judah’s soliloquy to the man he thought was only Pharoah’s Number 2, rather than his brother, Joseph. Continue Reading »
Parashat: Lech-Lecha Torah Reading: Genesis 12:1–17:27 “God said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.’” — Genesis 12:1 Abram, called by God to depart from his home in Haran, begins his journey to the land of Canaan with these words. There Continue Reading »
Parashat: Ha’azinu Torah Reading: Deuteronomy 32:1–32:52 “Give ear, O heavens, let me speak; Let the earth hear the words I utter” — Deuteronomy 32:1 Moses’s last words to the Israelites come in the form of a poem exhorting them to follow the commandments, reminding them of their humble origins, and prophesying the future fate of Continue Reading »
Parashat: Ki Teitzei Torah Reading: Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19 “If you see your fellow Israelite’s donkey or ox fallen in the road, do not ignore it; you must raise it together,” — Deuteronomy 22:4 This commandment, seemingly quite specific to a particular situation, is a much larger commandment that still applies in the modern day. No, Continue Reading »
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin introduces us to Gilad Kariv, the progressive polymath who is an attorney, Reform rabbi, and member of the Israeli Knesset. Photo of Kariv Courtesy of Eithan Schonberg on Wikimedia Commons, covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
