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Category: Torah
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
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
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Vayakhel
Parashat Vayakhel Haftarah
Raiders of the Lost Ark
In the film Raiders of the Lost Ark, archeologist Indiana Jones vies to recover the Ark of the Covenant, featured in this week’s parashah.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 28, 2023
Parashat Vayakhel
Parashat Vayakhel Dvar Torah
The Masveh Aliyah: Honor Someone Who Cares
On Parashat Ki Tisa, honor someone in your community who embodies empathy and care. The Aliyah also marks the anniversary of the pandemic.
Rabbi Eric Woodward
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Efrem L. Epstein
February 26, 2023
Parashat Ki Tisa
Parashat Ki Tisa Dvar Torah
Hopping Between Two Branches
This week's Haftarah parallels the parashah's discussion on God. The Israelites face more attractive gods but return to God, in the end.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 22, 2023
Parashat Ki Tisa
Parashat Ki Tisa Haftarah
Study Guide: A Cosmic National Sign
This week's study guide explores the relationship between God and the Israelites, in the Israelites keeping the Sabbath for God.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 22, 2023
Parashat Ki Tisa
Parashat Ki Tisa Study Guide
The Aromatic Smokescreen
Our parashah contains the Ten Commandments, as well as instructions for preparing the Ketoret, the incense offered in the Tabernacle.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 22, 2023
Parashat Ki Tisa
Parashat Ki Tisa Dvar Torah
Study Guide: Clean in the Eyes of God
This week's study guide discusses details about the building of the mishkan and cleanliness in the context of prayer.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 22, 2023
Parashat Pekudei
Parashat Pekudei Study Guide
Mortality and the Generations
Ezekiel is rather similar to Moses. Both of them serve God and Israel outside of the land of Israel. This week's Haftarah explores that.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 19, 2023
Parashat Tetzaveh
Parashat Tetzaveh Haftarah
Study Guide: Whose Light Is It?
This week's study guide follows the concept of light used in the Mishkan, as compared with the light in the creation of the world.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 19, 2023
Parashat Tetzaveh
Parashat Tetzaveh Study Guide
Nothing But Radish Oil
This week’s parashah opens with God’s instructions to Moshe concerning the oil used for lighting the Menorah in the Mishkan.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 19, 2023
Parashat Tetzaveh
Parashat Tetzaveh Dvar Torah
Love and the Building of the Temple
Building Solomon’s Temple was perhaps the greatest feat ever of Jewish architecture. This week's haftarah explores this more.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 13, 2023
Parashat Terumah
Parashat Terumah Haftarah
Study Guide: The Royal Table
This week's parshah discusses instructions for building accessories for the Mishkan, the Tabernacle. This includes a lavish, gold table.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 13, 2023
Parashat Terumah
Parashat Terumah Study Guide
The Furnished Ark
Our parashah describes the creation of the Mishkan, especially the ark, holding the tablets, manna, Aaron's staff, and oil.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 13, 2023
Parashat Terumah
Parashat Terumah Dvar Torah
Parashat Mishpatim Haftarah: Freedom
The greatest story of our tradition is a story about freedom. This week's Haftarah from Jeremiah explores freedom and our choices.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 5, 2023
Parashat Mishpatim
Parashat Mishpatim Haftarah
Study Guide: Let Go!
This week's study guide presents commentary on the shemitah—sabbatical year—and giving to the poor or giving tzedakah.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 5, 2023
Parashat Mishpatim
Parashat Mishpatim Study Guide
The Baby in the Brick
Our parashah describes a puzzling episode, following the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai when elders of Israel envision God.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
February 5, 2023
Parashat Mishpatim
Parashat Mishpatim Dvar Torah
Can God Change?
Can God change? Is the essence of eternity and divinity to never change or to be constantly evolving? Is change a human quality?
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 29, 2023
Parashat Vayikra
Parashat Vayikra Haftarah
Stumps and Seeds
This week's Haftarah, Isaiah, focuses on the promised destruction and regeneration. Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree" depicts that.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 27, 2023
Parashat Yitro
Parashat Yitro Haftarah
Study Guide: Tabula Rasa?
The study guide for Parashat Yitro discusses the Ten Commandments and the relationships between fathers and children.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 27, 2023
Parashat Yitro
Parashat Yitro Study Guide
Sitting Atop A Sundial
Our parashah contains the words of the Ten Commandments, which God speaks to Moses and the people of Israel from Mount Sinai.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 27, 2023
Parashat Yitro
Parashat Yitro Dvar Torah
The Song of Deborah and All That Jazz
Rethinking the Tanakh as a Musical and the Song of Deborah as one of the major musical numbers invites to reflect differently.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 19, 2023
Parashat Beshalach
Parashat Beshalach Haftarah
Study Guide: Two Ends of a Stick
Moses is instructed to strike the stone as a water source with a rod because the Israelites are thirsty. What else did this rod do?
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 19, 2023
Parashat Beshalach
Parashat Beshalach Study Guide
Make the Bitter Sweet
Just three days after escaping Egypt, the Israelites find themselves in the desert with no water, causing spiritual crises.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 19, 2023
Parashat Beshalach
Parashat Beshalach Dvar Torah
Coming Home
A claim to the land of Israel ranged from a covenant with Abraham to laws to keep the land. This week's haftarah discusses that.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 19, 2023
Parashat Bo
Parashat Bo Haftarah
Study Guide: What Does Telling Time Tell Us About the Teller?
When Moses names a time for the final plague, the death of the first born, he isn't as specific as we might expect, why?
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 19, 2023
Parashat Bo
Parashat Bo Study Guide
Restarting Time
This week's parashah opens a conversation about when the beginning of the year is and the impact that it has on time itself.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 19, 2023
Parashat Bo
Parashat Bo Dvar Torah
Bending or Breaking
What composes the inner grit, the resilient core of a person? Whatever it is, Pharoah is notoriously lacking.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 10, 2023
Parashat Vaera
Parashat Vaera Haftarah
The Pizza Toast
Vaera opens with God reiterating the covenant made with Moshe's ancestors. What's the connection between this parshah and pizza toast?
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
January 10, 2023
Parashat Vaera
Parashat Vaera Dvar Torah
The Sound of Prayer
This week's haftarah brings meaning to words without meaning—nonsense—and how to pray without understanding the literal meaning.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 30, 2022
Parashat Shemot
Parashat Shemot Haftarah
Study Guide: Midwives
The study guide for this week's parashah focuses on the roles of the midwives in the beginning of the Exodus story.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 30, 2022
Parashat Shemot
Parashat Shemot Study Guide
Bridegroom of Blood
Shemot describes the early years of Moshe’s life up to the pivotal moment when he is informed of his mission awaiting him in Egypt.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 30, 2022
Parashat Shemot
Parashat Shemot Dvar Torah
Study Guide: 1-0 in Favor of Pharoah
In this week's parashah, Moshe is accused of “giving Pharaoh a sword to kill us,” in response to his demands of "let my people go."
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 28, 2022
Parashat Vaera
Parashat Vaera Study Guide
On Loss
This week's haftarah juxtaposes King David preparing for his own death with both Jacob and Joseph's preparations for their own deaths.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Haftarah
Study Guide: My Wife or Your Mother?
In this week’s parashah, Jacob asks Joseph to swear to bury him not in Egypt but rather lay him to rest with his ancestors.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Study Guide
True Lovingkindness
Parashat Vayechi chronicles the deaths of Jacob and his son, Joseph, both of whom provide explicit instructions regarding their burials.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 27, 2022
Parashat Vayechi
Parashat Vayechi Dvar Torah
Reversals
Parashat Vayigash continues a long narrative of sibling relationships. The reconciliation focused on here, reflects in this week's haftarah.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 26, 2022
Parashat Vayigash
Parashat Vayigash Haftarah
Study Guide: A Good Long Cry
Joseph, after revealing his identity to his brothers, invites the family to Egypt. They share an emotional reunion and a good long cry.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 26, 2022
Parashat Vayigash
Parashat Vayigash Study Guide
Laden Wagons
In parashat Vayigash the patriarch Jacob learns the truth about his son Joseph, in realizing Joseph's laden wagons.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 26, 2022
Parashat Vayigash
Parashat Vayigash Dvar Torah
Golden Bowls and Grand Concepts
In making sense of details we begin to construct the grander concept and we realize we are in the presence of something bigger.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Miketz
Parashat Miketz Haftarah
Study Guide: The Perfect Gift
The brothers need more food but were told not to return without their youngest brother, whom their father refuses to part with.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Miketz
Parashat Miketz Study Guide
Glimmers of an Incandescent Light
In parashat Miketz, Jacob sends his sons to Egypt, but unbeknownst to his sons, the ruler dispersing rations is their younger brother, Joseph.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Miketz
Parashat Miketz Dvar Torah
Reading Critically
Many of our sacred texts are deeply unsettling. Our ancestors are deeply flawed people and their stories do not present easy takeaways.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Vayeshev
Parashat Vayeshev Haftarah
Study Guide: It’s All in The Telling
Study guide for Parashat Vayeshev, following the story surrounding Joseph and his interaction with his master's wife.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Vayeshev
Parashat Vayeshev Study Guide
From Despair to Repair
In this week’s parashah, Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar tricks him into sleeping with her after she is not able to conceive with his sons.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 11, 2022
Parashat Vayeshev
Parashat Vayeshev Dvar Torah
Compassionate Fantasies
In the haftarah for Vayishlach, from the Book of Obadiah, we read the story of God rebuking the nation of Edom, rather than Israel.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 5, 2022
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Haftarah
Study Guide: A Dotted Kiss
A study guide for Parashat Vayishlach, focused on the midrashim surrounding the parashah and the reunification of Jacob and Esau.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 5, 2022
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Study Guide
The Struggles That Shape Us
On the eve of Jacob’s meeting with his brother Esau, he finds himself wrestling with a divine figure, winning, and receiving a new name.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
December 5, 2022
Parashat Vayishlach
Parashat Vayishlach Dvar Torah
Mostly Dead is Slightly Alive
As we read the stories of Jacob, it is worthwhile to pay attention to the interplay between hope and God as the redeemer us from ...
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 27, 2022
Parashat Vayetzei
Parashat Vayetzei Haftarah
Study Guide: Dual Loyalty
In the situation that revolves around Rachel and Leah's respective marriages to Jacob, a question of loyalty to family is asked.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 27, 2022
Parashat Vayetzei
Parashat Vayetzei Study Guide
A Spiritual Exercise
After leaving his father's home, Jacob dreams of God and experiences prayer for the first time. Learn about living in dialogue with God.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 27, 2022
Parashat Vayetzei
Parashat Vayetzei Dvar Torah
Pushback
In the haftarah for Parashat Toldot, the Book of Malachi describes a dialogue of pushback between God and the people of Israel.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 17, 2022
Parashat Toldot
Parashat Toldot Haftarah
Study Guide: Let’s Eat to That!
Discuss commentary on Jacob and Esau's interaction in Toldot. This study guide discusses the transaction of Esau's birth right.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 17, 2022
Parashat Toldot
Parashat Toldot Study Guide
The Blinding of Isaac: A Blessing in Disguise
In Toldot, Isaac, now the family patriarch, bestows the blessing of the firstborn on Jacob instead of Esau, when Jacob tricks him.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 16, 2022
Parashat Toldot
Parashat Toldot Dvar Torah
Modifying Memories
With memories ever-changing, how do we trust what we remember and what is shared with us? How do we trust the memories of Torah characters?
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 13, 2022
Parashat Chayei Sarah Haftarah
Sefer Bereshit / Book of Genesis
Study Guide: Inheritance or Gift?
Study guide: Why does Abraham focus so much on Isaac? What about Abraham's other children and should they receive inheritance as well?
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 13, 2022
Parashat Chayei Sarah
Parashat Chayei Sarah Study Guide
A Crown of Glory
Parashat Chayei Sarah describes the final years of Abraham’s life, following the death of his wife Sarah and culminating in Abraham’s own death.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 13, 2022
Parashat Chayei Sarah
Parashat Chayei Sarah Dvar Torah
Passing it on
In Vayera's haftarah, we read the story of Elisha and a big deal woman in Shunem reflecting three different models of hospitality.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 4, 2022
Parashat Vayera
Parashat Vayera Haftarah
Study Guide: A Laugh That Hurts in The Belly
Study Guide: What really happened when the angels visited Abraham and Sarah? Why did Sarah laugh when she heard what they had to say?
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 4, 2022
Parashat Vayera
Parashat Vayera Study Guide
When Mercy Seasons Justice
Parashat Vayera is about a tense and dramatic conversation between God and Abraham about the destruction of Sodom.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
November 4, 2022
Parashat Vayera
Parashat Vayera Dvar Torah
To “Steelman” Idolatry
In Lech Lecha's haftarah, we are given a vision of what our lives might have been, if only they’d been a little different.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 31, 2022
Parashat Lech Lecha
Parashat Lech Lecha Haftarah
Study Guide: Right or Left? East Is Not an Option
Study Guide: Unpacking the disagreement between Avram and Lot when they had to split the land they were on.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 31, 2022
Parashat Lech Lecha
Parashat Lech Lecha Study Guide
Men Count the Stars, Women are From Venus
Parashat Lech Lecha depicts an acute marital crisis between Abraham and Sarah that occurs at a particularly difficult moment in their lives.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 31, 2022
Parashat Lech Lecha
Parashat Lech Lecha Dvar Torah
Understanding the Flood
In the wake of the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple, God explains that God has not in fact abandoned Zion.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 24, 2022
Parashat Noach
Parashat Noach Haftarah
Study Guide: Is it Safer to Attack God?
Study Guide: What kind of society created the Tower of Babel? Would we want to live in that society? What did Rashi say?
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 24, 2022
Parashat Noach
Parashat Noach Study Guide
A Trail of Crumpled Papers on the Floor
We learn in Parashat Noach: God comes to appreciate, the problem was not creating human beings, but having unrealistic expectations of them.
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 24, 2022
Parashat Noach
Parashat Noach Dvar Torah
Creation Continued
If creation was ongoing but no one observed it, did it actually still happen? Did creation cease when God disappeared?
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 19, 2022
Parashat Bereshit
Parashat Bereshit Haftarah
Study Guide: A Little Less is A Lot More
Study Guide: In the context of Creation, what is the connection between blessing, deficiency, and Shabbat?
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 16, 2022
Parashat Bereshit
Parashat Bereshit Study Guide
The Moon is Always Female
In the beginning, according to God’s original plan, the Sun and the Moon were two who ruled alongside one another. What happened?
Ilana Kurshan
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
October 16, 2022
Parashat Bereshit
Parashat Bereshit Dvar Torah