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37 Shelakh | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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36 Beha’alotekha | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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35 Naso | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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34 Bemidbar | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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33 Bekhukotai | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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32 Behar | Connecting Leviticus to Genesis - the Big Picture, Part 1
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As we reach the concluding chapters of Leviticus, we study the commandment of Shmita - that we must allow the land have a Sabbath every seventh year. Once again exploring the insights of Ellen Davis' "Scripture, Culture and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible" we discover the deep structure of the Biblical narrative. We begin to understan…
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31 Emor | "How Do We Behave When YHVH Is Living Next Door?"
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In her superb Torah commentary "Mending the Heart, Tending the Soul: Directions to the Garden Within, " Gail Albert describes the Book of Leviticus as instructions to answer the question "How do we behave when YHVH is living next door?" Emor focuses on the special requirements of the ancient priestly caste. Yet the Torah also insists that all of us…
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30 Kedoshim | An Agrarian Reading of the Torah
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Utilizing the insights of Ellen Davis' fine study, "Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible" (Cambridge University Press, 2009) we explore the teachings of this portion from an embodied, holistic perspective. God charges us to become a holy people - what does that mean? How do we map "holiness" onto our bodies, our com…
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The Life And Teachings Of Kalonymus Kalman Shapira
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Passover Teachings With Rabbi Jonathan | Part II
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A Historical Overview of the Current War in Ukraine | Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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This class falls on Purim day, and this year we are witnessing an outburst of Haman-like evil as Russia pummels its neighbor Ukraine, attempting to destroy it. I offer a review and an overview of the history of this region, including Jewish history, in order that we may better understand the roots of the current conflict.…
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24 Vayikra and Shabbat Zachor | The Meaning of Amalek
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On this Shabbat, in preparation for Purim, in addition to the regular reading from Torah we always chant a passage form Deuteronomy that instructs us to blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. In Jewish tradition, Amalek represents absolute evil - human behavior unhinged for morality or empathy. We explore this concept in our class today.…
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23 Pekude | Accountability and Transparency in a Good Society
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"Pekudei" means "accounting." Moses gives a detailed accounting of every penny spent on the construction of the Mishkan. Why does the Torah spend time on these boring details? Our tradition teaches that this highlights yet another of Moses' important leadership qualities. A society based on mutual trust could only be created if its leaders were tru…
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22 Vayak'hel | To Be Made in God's Image
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What attributes must we manifest in order to fulfill our potential as beings "created in the image of God"? This week's Torah portion offers insight into that puzzle. The master craftsman who creates the Mishkan is named Bezalel, which means "In the image of God." Bezalel represents the potential within every person.…
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21 Ki Tisa | The Deepest Truth About Idolatry with Rabbi Jonathan
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Using a brilliant teaching from the Zohar, we explore the deeper meaning of the Golden Calf, and why this is the signal example in the Torah of worshipping idols.Af Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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Spiritual Reflections after the Ice Storm: a Conversation
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19 Terumah | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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18 Mishpatim | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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12 Vay'khi | Insights from the Weekly Torah Portion with Rabbi Jonathan
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11 Vayigash | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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Chanukah Teachings With Rabbi Jonathan
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08 Vayishlakh | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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07 Vayeitzei | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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07 Vayeitzei | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan by Rabbi Jonathan KliglerAf Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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06 Toldot | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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05 Hayei Sarah | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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03 Lekh - Lekha | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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02 Noakh | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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01 Bereishit | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan
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01 Bereishit | Insights From The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi Jonathan by Rabbi Jonathan KliglerAf Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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54 Vezot Haberakhah | Moses Teaches Us How to Die | Jonathan Kligler
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The Jewish sages taught that when we study the Torah we should continuously turn it and turn it, like a gem with countless facets, looking for new and deeper meanings. In this volume of essays on each weekly Torah portion Rabbi Jonathan Kligler shares choice insights from his decades of study and teaching. Drawing on both ancient and modern sources…
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53 Ha'azinu | Holy Metaphors | Jonathan Kligler
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The Jewish sages taught that when we study the Torah we should continuously turn it and turn it, like a gem with countless facets, looking for new and deeper meanings. In this volume of essays on each weekly Torah portion Rabbi Jonathan Kligler shares choice insights from his decades of study and teaching. Drawing on both ancient and modern sources…
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52 Vayeilekh | Take Courage! | Jonathan Kligler
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The Jewish sages taught that when we study the Torah we should continuously turn it and turn it, like a gem with countless facets, looking for new and deeper meanings. In this volume of essays on each weekly Torah portion Rabbi Jonathan Kligler shares choice insights from his decades of study and teaching. Drawing on both ancient and modern sources…
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Spiritual Preparation For The High Holy Days | 5782 | September 2
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51 Nitzavim | Choose Life! | Jonathan Kligler
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The Jewish sages taught that when we study the Torah we should continuously turn it and turn it, like a gem with countless facets, looking for new and deeper meanings. In this volume of essays on each weekly Torah portion Rabbi Jonathan Kligler shares choice insights from his decades of study and teaching. Drawing on both ancient and modern sources…
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Spiritual Preparation For The High Holy Days | 5782 | August 26
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We are entering a Shmitah year - every seventh year in the Jewish calendar is a "sabbatical" or "Shmitah" year. We are instructed to let our land rest, and to release debts as well. How can this idea of "letting go" free us to enter a New Year?Af Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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50 Ki Tavo | The Inner Witness | Jonathan Kligler
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The Jewish sages taught that when we study the Torah we should continuously turn it and turn it, like a gem with countless facets, looking for new and deeper meanings. In this volume of essays on each weekly Torah portion Rabbi Jonathan Kligler shares choice insights from his decades of study and teaching. Drawing on both ancient and modern sources…
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Spiritual Preparation For The High Holy Days | 5782 | August 19
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Exploring the gematria in the TANAKH for the new year, 5782.Af Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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49 Ki Teitzei | A Living Tradition | Jonathan Kligler
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The Jewish sages taught that when we study the Torah we should continuously turn it and turn it, like a gem with countless facets, looking for new and deeper meanings. In this volume of essays on each weekly Torah portion Rabbi Jonathan Kligler shares choice insights from his decades of study and teaching. Drawing on both ancient and modern sources…
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Spiritual Preparation for the High Holy Days | 5782 | August 12
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Exploring the gematria in the TANAKH for the new year, 5782.Af Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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48 Shoftim | Justice, Justice | Jonathan Kligler
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The Jewish sages taught that when we study the Torah we should continuously turn it and turn it, like a gem with countless facets, looking for new and deeper meanings. In this volume of essays on each weekly Torah portion Rabbi Jonathan Kligler shares choice insights from his decades of study and teaching. Drawing on both ancient and modern sources…
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36 Be'ha'a'lotkha | Insights from the Weekly Torah Portion with Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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35 Naso | Insights from the Weekly Torah Portion with Rabbi Jonathan
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34 Bemidbar | Bewildered in the Wilderness
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As Aviva Zornberg explains, the term "bewildered" derives from "wilderness", as in a trackless expanse where one easily loses one's bearings. This is the condition of the Children of Israel. How can they learn to find their bearings, so that they might reach the promised land. Somehow, they must learn to have faith and a sense of purpose to guide t…
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32/33 Behar/Bekhukotai | Living in sacred balance with the earth
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Our Torah ancestors were an agrarian society, acutely aware that they must live in harmony with the needs of the earth and the creatures with whom they shared the land. Hence, the rules for the Sabbatical year, when the land rests fallow, and the Jubilee year, when land is redistributed, with the understanding that we do not and cannot own the eart…
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33 Bekhukotai | Fear Itself | Jonathan Kligler
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32 Behar | We Do Not Own the Earth | Jonathan Kligler
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31 Emor | Insights from the Weekly Torah Portion with Rabbi Jonathan Kligler
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31 Emor | An Eye for an Eye? | Jonathan Kligler
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30 Kedoshim | Do Not Pervert Justice
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Justice is an ideal that the Torah repeatedly insists we must pursue, no matter how difficult to attain. This week's Torah portion coincided with the guilty verdict handed down by the jury in the George Floyd murder trial. Justice was served. The Torah's teachings about what it means to be a good citizen and to live in a just society are an inspira…
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30 Kedoshim | The Mitzvah of Tokhekha: Tough Love | Jonathan Kligler
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