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Is Judaism Pro-Choice?
Is Judaism “abortionist”? A question that may bother many. A sensitive issue that divides societies and, in American society, it seems to...
Oct 30, 2022


Parashat Lech Lecha: Why does evil exist?
“The Lord said to Avram: Leave your land, your birthplace, your father’s house.” What can this be compared to? To a man who travels from...
Oct 29, 2022


Parashat Noach: Integrity is Better than Greatness
Probably the most well-known pasuk in our parashah this week is the first: Noach ish tzadik hayah bedorotav. Noach was a righteous man in...
Oct 22, 2022


Parashat Bereshit: Believing in Humanity Despite Itself
We start again. The cycle that we hope will never be interrupted, in which we finish the reading of the Torah and immediately restart it...
Oct 19, 2022


Parashat Sukkot: A Prescription for Happiness
Kohelet, Ecclesiastes, is the Megilah we read in the Sukkot. It reminds us that there is a time for everything in life, while wondering...
Oct 8, 2022


Parashat Haazinu: An Invitation to Witness
Who could say goodbye to this world singing? The melodies of Yamim Norayim still resound in our ears. If we could choose, perhaps, like...
Oct 1, 2022


The Search for a Positive Vidui
When I was a child I was lucky enough to learn Hebrew and Judaism in a way that I only understood when I became an adult. The Hebrew...
Sep 29, 2022


Parashat Vayelech—Shabbat Shuvah: An Act of Teshuva (Repentance)
The marathon has already started. We are going through the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe. We are in the middle of Aseret Yemei Teshuvah,...
Sep 24, 2022


Parashat Nitzavim: The Pressure to Commit
Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem lifnei Adonai— “All of you today stand tall before the Creator.” Thus begins our parasha. It speaks to all of...
Sep 17, 2022


Parashat Ki-Tavo: To Be Present
Parashat Ki-Tavo includes, as usually happens, in the last sections, many references to mitzvot of which Moshe reminds the People of...
Sep 10, 2022


Parashat Ki-Tetze: Take Advantage of Your 30 Days
We are already aware that we are going through the month of Elul. If you haven't started your personal review for the year that is about...
Sep 3, 2022


Yaakov—A role model for Yamim Norayim
We are going through the month of Elul and obviously we find ourselves again after a year in the same place of scrutinizing our interior,...
Aug 31, 2022


Parashat Shoftim: A King Must Remember Who is Above Him
If you wanted a parasha that would make you think about several topics with a single reading, that is the one that summons us this week....
Aug 27, 2022


Parashat Re'eh—Rosh Chodesh Elul: Look, Observe
Re'eh. Look. Observe. Sometimes it is difficult for us to distinguish between good and bad. And, above all, learn to discern and choose...
Aug 20, 2022


Parashat Ekev: Does the Lord Ask Too Much of Us?
What does the Kadosh Baruch Hu (the Lord) ask from us? It seems that He asks us everything. It seems that He demands a total dedication...
Aug 13, 2022


Parashat Vaetchanan—Shabat Nachamu: Consolation After Anguish
What is “being holy” all about? There is a parashah in which the Creator compels us to be holy, as He Himself is: Parashat Kedoshim. Our...
Aug 6, 2022


Parashat Devarim
The parashah that we are reading this week is Parashat Devarim. It is the first of the 5th and last book of the Torah. In this parashah...
Jul 30, 2022


Parashat Matot-Masei
This week we read two parshiot that, depending on the year, are read together or separately. This year, together (or mechubarot). In...
Jul 23, 2022


Parashat Pinchas
Who is Pinchas? Pinchas is both the hero and the antihero, depending on who judges it. Pinchas is someone who takes justice into his own...
Jul 16, 2022


Parashat Balak
In recent weeks we have seen how the People of Israel faced enemies and defeated them one by one, with the help and spiritual support of...
Jul 9, 2022
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