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Tag: Theology
What It Means Spiritually If People Edited the Torah
Did God give the fully-written Torah to Moses at Sinai? Or as the Torah compiled and edited by people? What does that mean spiritually?
Rabbi Jeremy Markiz
April 30, 2025
Every Day
Hebrew Bible
Does God Punish Us? Looking Deeper at Deuteronomy’s Theology
Unpacking Deuteronomy's Theology: How could such a loving God allow us to suffer? Does God want us to suffer? Is it a punishment?
Rabbi Malka Michel
January 22, 2025
Job
Jonah
High Holiday Liturgy: Making Meaning from the Metaphors for God
By understanding the nuance of Divine justice, we are given a powerful model for healthier relationships in the human realm.
Rabbi Amalya Volz
September 18, 2024
High Holidays
Holidays
What Prompts Change in Our Liturgy?
Changes in liturgy are born out of changes in the theological and historical life of a people, both the individual and the community.
Rabbi Dr. Karen Reiss Medwed
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The Observant Life (Book)
May 16, 2023
Every Day
Liturgy
Creating a Sacred Physical Space
Halakhah demands that we invoke God’s name in prayer only in settings that are worthy of the sacred enterprise of prayer.
Rabbi Dr. Karen Reiss Medwed
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 16, 2023
Every Day
Prayer
