Parshat Chukat Numbers 19:1-22 In this week’s Torah portion, Chukat, we encounter the deaths of both Aaron and Miriam. Moses and his siblings were the… Read More »Miriam and Leadership: May her memory live for a blessing
Parshat Korach Numbers 16:1-18:32 At the end of this week’s Torah portion (Numbers 18:21-32) the Levites are instructed to tithe a part of their earnings… Read More »On Giving Charity-a righteous commandment
Parshat Shelach Lecha Numbers 13:1-15:41 I am proud to be a Reform Jew. My family has always been Jewish. We have kept the traditions more… Read More »Eat Pray Love: Shelach Lecha
Shavuot/Parshat Behaalotecha Numbers 8:1 -12:16 This week we celebrate Shavuot-the Feast of Weeks. For the last seven weeks since Pesach we have journeyed through… Read More »Sounds of Torah
Parshat Naso Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 This week’s Torah portion, Naso is the longest weekly Torah portion. It begins with the continuation of the… Read More »The gift of the Chieftains:Naso
Parshat Behar/Yom Haatzmaut Leviticus 25:1-26:2 Parshat Behar teaches us about the cycles of the land. Specifically it teaches about the sabbatical year and the Jubilee… Read More »The Sanctity of the land
Parshat Emor Leviticus 21:1-24:23 The Torah portion for the week is Emor. This Torah portion continues instruction to the priesthood that is the theme of… Read More »Spiritual Purity and Holiness
Parshat Kedoshim Leviticus 19:1 -20:27 This week’s Torah portion Kedoshim contains the second explicit verse that is often pointed out condemns gay male sex. Leviticus… Read More »Reform Judaism won’t back down
Passover Rabbi Denise L. Eger This week we celebrate the amazing festival of Passover! The special Torah reading for this week’s Shabbat is Ex 33:12-34:26. … Read More »Waiting Jews
Parshat Achrei Mot Leviticus 16:1-18:30 Each year when we come to this week’s Torah portion, Achrei Mot I think about the violence that has been… Read More »Leviticus doesn’t talk about gay people