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Category: Torah
How do you Solve a Problem Like Esav?
Rabbi Mordechai Rackover teaches: Life is not a zero-sum and one of the keys is to recognize that people grow and change.
Rabbi Mordechai Rackover
November 17, 2023
Parashat Toldot
Parashat Toldot Dvar Torah
The Right Time for Atheism
The story of Avraham is full of tragedy but also the great gift of speaking truth to power and knowing when not to believe.
Rabbi Mordechai Rackover
November 2, 2023
Parashat Vayera
Parashat Vayera Dvar Torah
In the Name of All of Israel
Building on ideas of Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev and Maimonides - Avraham showed us a path to repair even in the darkest of times.
Rabbi Mordechai Rackover
October 26, 2023
Parashat Lech Lecha
Parashat Lech Lecha Dvar Torah
Psalms for this Time of Crisis in Israel
Seven psalms as a liturgical response to our individual and collective emotions, including grief, fear, rage, desperation, and others.
Rabbinical Assembly
October 19, 2023
Hebrew Bible
Israel
The Torah of the Summer Barbecue
Summer barbecues are great for relaxation and rejuvenation, and an opportunity to extend and receive hospitality like Abraham and Sarah.
Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman
June 22, 2023
Food
Hospitality
Shlach Lecha: Learning Inclusion from the Scouts
As God commanded Moses to include Caleb and Joshua, we can imagine the same command applies to us. We can seek to include people.
Hazzan Sara Geffen Geller
June 16, 2023
Inclusion
Parashat Shlach
The Faceless Nemesis
Having just experienced the most intimate time of the year, reflecting on our actions, we celebrate Sukkot and see a faceless nemesis.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat V'zot Haberacha Haftarah
Parashat V'zot Haberachah
Study Guide: Who Is Writing Moses’ Death?
In the study guide for V'zot Habracha, Vered Hollander-Goldfarb explores who is writing Moses' death and what we can learn.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat V'zot Haberachah
Parashat V'zot Haberachah Study Guide
Swaddled By God
On the festival of Sukkot, we are commanded to dwell in temporary huts so as to remember the Israelites swaddled by God.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat V'zot Haberachah
Parashat V'zot Haberachah Dvar Torah
From Moses to David
As we approach the end of the Torah cycle, we juxtapose two of our leading men—Moses from the Torah portion and King David from the ...
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat Haazinu
Parashat Haazinu Haftarah
Study Guide: The Pangs of Transition
As Moshe embarks on his final speech to the Israelites, the nation readies itself for the transition of leadership from Moshe to Joshua.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat Haazinu
Parashat Haazinu Study Guide
Bright Wings
Parashat Haazinu is the poem that Moshe sings to the people of Israel before he delivers his deathbed blessing, discussing bright wings.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat Haazinu
Parashat Haazinu Dvar Torah
Rebelling or Repenting
The haftorah this week, the week of Shabbat Shuvah, is all about return and repentance, focusing on the rebelling or repenting of this time.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat Vayelech
Parashat Vayelech Haftarah
Study Guide: Staying in Touch
The study guide for Parashat Vayelech explores the shemitah that comes every seven years, especially discussing the connection to Sukkot.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat Vayelech
Parashat Vayelech Study Guide
The Prairie and the Wilderness
This week we read about Moshe writing down the Torah, comparing that to Little House on the Prairie—the prairie and the wilderness.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 12, 2023
Parashat Vayelech
Parashat Vayelech Dvar Torah
The Big Bad Wolf
Our haftarah, is the final of the seven haftarot of consolation. Humans question God, just as Red Riding Hood questions the Big Bad Wolf.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 9, 2023
Parashat Nitzavim
Parashat Nitzavim Haftarah
Study Guide: Cutting A Covenant
The study guide for this week's parashah explores the physical acts of making a covenant, with commentary from Bechor Shor and Hizkuni.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 9, 2023
Parashat Nitzavim
Parashat Nitzavim Study Guide
Beyond the Sea
Parashat Nitzavim, which we read just before Rosh Hashanah, speaks of the importance of repenting and returning to God after we have sinned.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 9, 2023
Parashat Nitzavim
Parashat Nitzavim Dvar Torah
Got Milk?
During the seven haftarot of consolation, we return to the idea of Jerusalem reuniting with her children, once again able to care for them.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 9, 2023
Parashat Ki Tavo
Parashat Ki Tavo Haftarah
Study Guide: This Land Is Our Land?
This week's parashah focuses on an excerpt of the text that discusses the ownership of the land of Israel before the Israelite's cross over.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 9, 2023
Parashat Ki Tavo
Parashat Ki Tavo Study Guide
Secret Sins
Moshe charges the people to renew the terms of their covenant with God before entering the land, necessary for sins committed in secret.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 9, 2023
Parashat Ki Tavo
Parashat Ki Tavo Dvar Torah
Broken Trust
This week’s haftarah, the fifth of the seven readings of consolation between Tisha B’Av and Rosh HaShana, talks about broken trust.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 8, 2023
Parashat Ki Teitzei
Parashat Ki Teitzei Haftarah
Study Guide: Good Person, Beware of Yourself
This week's study guide looks at a passage from the parashah about what the Israelite camp should be like in the wilderness.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 8, 2023
Parashat Ki Teitzei
Parashat Ki Teitzei Study Guide
Parents on the Same Page
Family dynamics, and parents on the same page, are alluded to in the many commandments discussed in this week’s parashah.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 8, 2023
Parashat Ki Teitzei
Parashat Ki Teitzei Dvar Torah
Like Grass
We define ourselves by our covenant, by the terms of our relationship with God. It goes in cycles like grass—growing, dying, growing again.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Shoftim
Parashat Shoftim Haftarah
Study Guide: Go Home!
This week's study guide looks at the preparations made before going to war and the considerations that must be taken into account.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Shoftim
Parashat Shoftim Study Guide
No Going Back
This parashah deals with the administration of justice in the land of Israel and the connection between no going back to Egypt.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Shoftim
Parashat Shoftim Dvar Torah
Birth Before Labor
In looking at this week's haftarah, explore the concept of birth before labor, as demonstrated by the concept of labor pains in our stories.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Re'eh
Parashat Re'eh Haftarah
Study Guide: To Lend or To Give?
The study guide for Parashat Re'eh looks at the relationship between the shmitah year, debts, loans, and tzedakah.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Re'eh
Parashat Re'eh Study Guide
The Long and Short of It
The Dvar Torah for Parashat Re'eh explores choosing between two paths, the long and the short of it, when the choices are presented.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Re'eh
Parashat Re'eh Dvar Torah
Birthing Israel
This week's haftarah compares the birthing of Israel in the generations recorded in the Torah with similar experiences in the haftarah.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Eikev
Parashat Eikev Haftarah
Study Guide: Food or Famine? Up to Us?
The study guide for parashat Eikev explores the Shema and the mitzvot mandated by the sacred prayer, such as mezuzot and tefillin.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Eikev
Parashat Eikev Study Guide
A Conduit of Blessing
In this parashah, Moshe prepares the people for their entry into Israel, extolling the conduit of blessing that they are about to conquer.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 6, 2023
Parashat Eikev
Parashat Eikev Dvar Torah
Alone or Lonely?
This Shabbat is Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comforting, so we explore if what it means to be alone or lonely.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Paarashat Va'etchanan Haftarah
Parashat Va'etchanan
Study Guide: Danger of Complacency
This week's study guide explores the danger of complacency in relation to our parashah, using commentary by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Va'etchanan
Parashat Va'etchanan Study Guide
Moshe the Mother
In this week’s parashah, we see a depiction of Moshe the Mother as he pleas with God to enter the land of Israel with the ...
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Va'etchanan
Parashat Va'etchanan Dvar Torah
On Dialogue
This week’s haftarah is the final haftarah of the Three Weeks before Tisha b’Av and presents a parallel on dialogue between Isaiah and Eicha.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Devarim
Parashat Devarim Haftarah
Study Guide: Ejection Born from Rejection
The study guide for parashat Devarim looks at the story of the twelve spies, in the books of Devarim and Numbers, and connects a midrash.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Devarim
Parashat Devarim Study Guide
Moshe’s Memoir
Deuteronomy presents an interesting paradox to the literary reader of the Bible in the form of Moshe's memoir.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Devarim
Parashat Devarim Dvar Torah
The Boiling Point
In these weeks leading up to Tisha B’av, we read a passage of Jeremiah, overflowing with water imagery and see the boiling point.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 30, 2023
Parashat Masei
Parashat Masei Haftarah
Study Guide: All Over Again?!
This week's study guide continues an ongoing conversation about how to divide the land of Israel for the tribes of the Israelites.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 30, 2023
Parashat Masei
Parashat Masei Study Guide
A Lyric of Love
Parashat Masei opens with a long list of all the encampments of the Israelites in the wilderness and discusses a lyric of love.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 30, 2023
Parashat Masei
Parashat Masei Dvar Torah
Marriage (and) Vows
Our parashah begins with the laws governing oaths and vows. Then the Torah discusses the various types of vows and how they are used.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 30, 2023
Parashat Matot
Parashat Matot Dvar Torah
Building Walls
This week's haftarah marks the three weeks leading up to Tisha B'av and uses Jeremiah's words to do so, when Israelites are building walls.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Pinchas
Parashat Pinchas Haftarah
Study Guide: The Land Should Be Divided
The study guide for Parashat Pinchas investigates the division of the land of Israel among the twelve tribes of the nation.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Pinchas
Parashat Pinchas Study Guide
Moshe’s Forced Retirement
At the end of the Israelites’ journey in the wilderness, Moshe’s job is terminated prematurely. This explores Moshe's forced retirement.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Pinchas
Parashat Pinchas Dvar Torah
What is Good?
There is something disturbing in hearing basic tenants of human decency presented as revelatory. Our haftarah explores what is good.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Balak
Parashat Balak Haftarah
Study Guide: My Land or My Resources?
The study guide for Parashat Balak continues the discussion of a concept in the study guide for Parashat Chukat, about passing through land.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Balak
Parashat Balak Study Guide
The Unwanted Gaze
In Parashat Balak, the Moabite king Balak hires Bilaam to curse his Israelite neighbors. Bilaam notices the prevention of the unwanted gaze.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Balak
Parashat Balak Dvar Torah
Powerful Vows
Our haftarah this week tells the brutal story of powerful vows and human sacrifices and all of the complications that go with it.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Chukat
Parashat Chukat Haftarah
Study Guide: Passing Through the Land
The study guide for Parashat Chukat focuses on the Israelites passing through the land and their relationship with other regions.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Chukat
Parashat Chukat Study Guide
Spare the Rod
This week's parashah, Chukat, focuses on the story of Moshe hitting the rock, choosing not to spare the rod, to get water.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Chukat
Parashat Chukat Dvar Torah
Saul and Eve
This week's haftarah discusses Saul's assumption of power as the first king of Israel. Bex Stern Rosenblatt compares Saul with Eve.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 28, 2023
Parashat Korach
Parashat Korach Haftarah
Study Guide: Do As I Mean, Not As I Say
Korach led a rebellion against Moshe (and Aaron). Ahead of the incense trial, Korach gathers the congregation against Moshe and Aaron.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 28, 2023
Parashat Korach
Parashat Korach Study Guide
Disputation Without Denigration
Korach and his followers, a rebellion undermining the leadership of Moshe and Aaron, teach about disputation without denigration.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 28, 2023
Parashat Korach
Parashat Korach Dvar Torah
Whores and Heroes
This week’s parasha starts out gloriously—we scout out the land in order to enter it. Then we investigate the concept of whores and heroes.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 28, 2023
Parashat Shlach
Parashat Shlach Haftarah
Stronger Than Whom?
The study guide for Shlach focuses on the phrase used by spies, that the people of the land of Israel were too strong for the ...
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 28, 2023
Parashat Shlach
Parashat Shlach Study Guide
Spies and Tzitzit: Camels and Death
Our parashah is bookended by the story of the spies and tzitzit. This leads to a discussion on the obligation of mitzvot.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 28, 2023
Parashat Shlach
Parashat Shlach Dvar Torah
On Regifting
We look at Leah's children's names and how its haftarah connection. Through this, we work on regifting God's gift to the rest of the world. ...
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 19, 2023
Parashat Behaalotcha
Parashat Behaalotcha Haftarah
Study Guide: Blisters On Feet or The Soul?
This week's study guide looks at the complaints of Bnei Yisrael, as they are wandering through the desert, and what is behind this.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 19, 2023
Parashat Behaalotcha
Parashat Behaalotcha Study Guide
Lamps Give Lights
Behaalotcha describes the appointment of seventy elders to help judge the people and leadership in terms of the phrase "lamps give light."
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 19, 2023
Parashat Behaalotcha
Parashat Behaalotcha Dvar Torah
Names and Blessings
Names are important—they tell the world who we are and help us understand ourselves. This Haftarah discusses names and blessings.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 17, 2023
Parashat Naso
Parashat Naso Haftarah
Study Guide: One Day of Glory
The study guide for Parashat Naso presents commentaries from Rashi and Hizkuni to explore the building of the Mishkan.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 17, 2023
Parashat Naso
Parashat Naso Study Guide
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Our parashah describes the laws of the Nazir, one who elects to take a vow of consecration to God for a certain period of time. ...
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 17, 2023
Parashat Naso
Parashat Naso Dvar Torah
Missing Mothers
The haftarah for Parashat Bamidbar is taken from the Book of Hosea and explores the concept of missing mothers.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 16, 2023
Parashat Bamidbar
Parashat Bamidbar Haftarah
Study Guide: How You Say What You Say
This week's study guide focuses on Ruth, in preparation for Shavuot. Specifically, "How You Say What You Say" explores Ruth and Boaz.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 16, 2023
Parashat Bamidbar
Parashat Bamidbar Study Guide
Flags at the Shabbat Table
In this week’s parashah we learn that the Israelites traveled through the wilderness like a troop of soldiers or a marching band.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 16, 2023
Parashat Bamidbar
Parashat Bamidbar Dvar Torah
Humanity: The Incurable Illness
The haftarah for Bechukotai is from the book of Jeremiah and discusses two words, Eikev and Enosh, and what these words mean.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 28, 2023
Parashat Bechukotai
Parashat Bechukotai Haftarah
Study Guide: The Vessel of Blessings
The study guide for Bechukotai explores how "peace" is used in this week's parashah, as well as the commentary surrounding this.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 28, 2023
Parashat Bechukotai
Parashat Bechukotai Study Guide
Showered in Blessing
Parashat Bechukotai consists of a litany of blessings and curses that will befall the Jewish people depending on whether or not we obey God.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 28, 2023
Parashat Bechukotai
Parashat Bechukotai Dvar Torah
Words Don’t Reach
Jeremiah tends to find himself left speechless as he is our prophet through the destruction of Judah, Jerusalem, and the First Temple.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 26, 2023
Parashat Behar
Parashat Behar Haftarah
Study Guide: For the Land is Mine
The study guide for Behar focuses on the concept of Shmitah, the rest year, and the language used to refer to it.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 26, 2023
Parashat Behar
Parashat Behar Study Guide
Given Over to the Heart
While this week's parashah mainly focuses on shmitah, this Dvar Torah explores a line in the parashah, focusing on how to treat others.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 26, 2023
Parashat Behar
Parashat Behar Dvar Torah
Working Behind the Scene
Our haftarah expands on the parasha, limiting priestly work in the mikdash to only the descendants of Zadok.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 25, 2023
Parashat Emor
Parashat Emor Haftarah
Study Guide: Sticks and Stones?
This week's study guide focuses on the curse of a person accused of violence. Discuss blasphemy versus blessing in this context.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 25, 2023
Parashat Emor
Parashat Emor Study Guide
Among the Bearded Barley
Parshat Emor describes the Omer offering must be brought on the “day after the Sabbath," the second day of the Passover holiday.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 25, 2023
Parashat Emor
Parashat Emor Dvar Torah
Perspective
Our haftarah starts bold and bloody, and connects the destruction in Amos to the destruction in the story of Noah and the flood.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 19, 2023
Parashat Kedoshim
Parashat Kedoshim Haftarah
Study Guide: Plugging of the Loophole
The study guide for Kedoshim synthesizes Rashi, Rashbam, and Ramban to discuss a text from Vayikra about holiness.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 19, 2023
Parashat Kedoshim
Parashat Kedoshim Study Guide
How Old Is Old?
Public buses in Israel feature a sign that quotes from a verse in this week’s parashah: “You shall rise before the aged'' (Leviticus 19:32).
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 19, 2023
Parashat Kedoshim
Parashat Kedoshim Dvar Torah
I Need Your Sacrifices After All
This week’s parashah contains God’s instructions to Moshe concerning Aaron’s entrance into the Holy of Holies to achieve atonement.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 17, 2023
Parashat Acharei Mot
Parashat Acharei Mot Dvar Torah
Study Guide: Biblical Satyrs
This study guide follows the word "se'irim," meaning sartyrs, through multiple biblical texts, tying this in with Ibn Ezra's commentary.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 17, 2023
Parashat Acharei Mot
Parashat Acharei Mot Study Guide
Fathers
This week, we read 1 Samuel 20, the story of Jonathan helping David escape from King Saul, in conjunction with Parashat Achrei Mot.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 17, 2023
Parashat Acharei Mot
Parashat Acharei Mot Haftarah
Zealous Duo
This final Shabbat before Pesach, Shabbat HaGadol, our haftarah positions us, juxtaposing Moses with the future coming of Elijah.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 16, 2023
Parashat Metzora
Parashat Metzora Haftarah
Study Guide: When Walls Speak
The study guide for this week's parashah, Meztora, discusses the impact that tzaraat has on the physical objects it touches.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 16, 2023
Parashat Metzora
Parashat Metzora Study Guide
One Mouth Per Person
The dangers of inappropriate speech are connected to the parashah, Metzora, the person stricken with leprosy.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
April 16, 2023
Parashat Metzora
Parashat Metzora Dvar Torah
Finding a Prince Charming
This week's haftarah, from the book of Ezekiel, discusses the changing power structures and leadership in the changing times of Israel.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 29, 2023
Parashat Tazria
Parashat Tazria Haftarah
Study Guide: A Wonder Is Born
The study guide for Tazria focuses on pregnancy and childbirth and the outcomes of purity versus impurity derived from this.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 29, 2023
Parashat Tazria
Parashat Tazria Study Guide
Far From the Tree
Tazria takes its name from conception and childbirth. Ilana Kurshan connects this to bearing fruit, both literally and metaphorically.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 29, 2023
Parashat Tazria
Parashat Tazria Dvar Torah
On Shame
Connected Parashat Shemini's Haftarah, in Ezekiel, Bex Stern Rosenblatt explores the intersection of shame, guilt, and embarrassment.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 26, 2023
Parashat Shemini
Parashat Shemini Haftarah
Study Guide: Why Did They Die?
This week's study guide focuses on Nadav and Avihu, Aaron's sons, bringing "foreign flames" to give an offering to God.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 26, 2023
Parashat Shemini
Parashat Shemini Study Guide
Keeping Our Cool
When we lash out angrily at others, it is not really we who are speaking, but the evil inclination that takes control of us from ...
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 26, 2023
Parashat Shemini
Parashat Shemini Dvar Torah
Unwanted Offerings
This week's haftarah explores human sacrifice. While the Tanakh seems to be mixed about it, God may command human sacrifice in this haftarah.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 19, 2023
Parashat Tzav
Parashat Tzav Haftarah
Study Guide: A Fraught Appointment
This week's study guide focuses on the consecration of Aaron and his sons and Kohanim and what that means.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 19, 2023
Parashat Tzav
Parashat Tzav Study Guide
The Perpetual Flame
Parashat Tzav teaches us that in those moments when we don’t feel we have anything to offer, we offer nonetheless.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
March 19, 2023
Parashat Tzav
Parashat Tzav Dvar Torah
Study Guide: Treachery by Mistake
This week's study guide focuses on two words, ma'al and me'ilah, and what it means, both literally and in terms of this week's parashah.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Vayikra
Parashat Vayikra Study Guide
Moshe, Hillel, and Frederick the Mouse
At start of Leviticus, the Mishkan becomes the domain of Aaron and the priests, who are responsible for the system of sacrificial worship.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Vayikra
Parashat Vayikra Dvar Torah
The Builder of the Dwelling
God created the world but it was not complete until a home was made for God. These homes come in the forms of the Mishkan ...
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Pekudei
Parashat Pekudei Haftarah
In God’s Shadow
Parashat Pekudei describes the construction of the Mishkan in accordance with the specific instructions given by God to Moshe.
Ilana Kurshan
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Pekudei
Parashat Pekudei Dvar Torah
Study Guide: Between Enthusiasm and Law
This week's study guide explores the building of the Tabernacle. The exploration includes time worked and communal actions completed.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Vayakhel
Parshat Vayakhel Study Guide
The King’s New Clothes
Jeoash, the king discussed in this week's haftarah, becomes king at a young age. Does his goodness come from himself or his teachers?
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Vayakhel
Parashat Vayakhel Haftarah