Parsha

Bereshit

Nachash as Mesit 10/28/19

Bereishit 5780: Hierarchies of Creation 10/29/19

 10/12/20 Shnayim Mikra Chaburah- Bereishit I- בראשית ברא אלוקים  

Shnayim Mikra Bereishit 2: Speech and Humanity 10/13/20

Shnayim Mikra Bereishit 3: ViHayu L’Basar Echad 10/13/20

Shnayim Mikra Bereishit Revi’i: Kol Demei Achicha 10/14/20

Shnayim Mikra Bereishit V: Lemech and Roots of Dor HaMabul 10/15/20

The Integration of Piryah V'Rivyah with Kiddushin and Chinuch 10/16/20

Ma'amar Bereishit: Tzelem Elokim and Speech 10/16/20

Noach

Keshet Be'Anan: The Sign of the Rainbow-Cloud 11/1/19

Shnayim Mikra Noach Sheni: B'Etzem Ha-Yom Ha-Zeh 10/19/20

Shnayim Mikra Noach Rishon: Aseh Licha Tevah 10/19/20

Shnayim Mikra Noach Sheni: B’Etzem HaYom Hazeh  10/20/20

Shnayim Mikra Noach Shlishi VaYizkor Elokim et Noach 10/20/20

Shnayim Mikra Noach Revi'i- V'Atem Peru U'Revu 10/21/20

10/22/20 Shnayim Mikra Noach Chamishi- את קשתי נתתי בענן

10/23/20 Noach: אל תקרי בניך אלא בוניך

Lech Lecha

Miyaldot: Paragons of Yirat Elokim 11/8/19

Brit shel Ahavah: Avraham Avinu, Milah, and Eretz Yisrael and 11/12/19

VaYera

Parshat VaYera: Makom Kavua, and the Legacy of Avraham 11/11/19

Amidah as Tefillah: Avraham and the Foundation of Tefillah 11/15/19

Chaye Sarah

Chaye Sarah: Kicha Kicha M’Sdeh Efron 11/18/19

Toldot

Yitzchak: Ish Ha-Gevurot 11/26/19

 VaYetzeh

Parshat VaYeshev: Eretz Migurei Aviv 12/17/19

Parshat VaYeshev: The Legacy of Mechirat Yosef- Blame to Go Around 12/17/19

Parshat YaYeshev-Chanukah: Balancing Hishtadlut and Bittachon 12/23/19

Parshat VaYeshev: Yeridah L'Tzorech Aliyah- The Aftermath of Mechirat Yosef 12//24/19

VaYechi

Parshat VaYechi: The Fall and Rise of Yehuda 1/8/20

Parshat VaYechi: Yaakov, Yosef, and the Shevu'ah 1/8/20

Parshat VaYechi: Yaakov and Learning Torah with Grandchildren 1/9/20

Parshat VaYechi: Yaakov, Keriat Shema, and Acharit HaYamim 1/9/20

Parshat VaYechi Atzmot Yosef: In Memory of Rob Rosner z'l 1/15/20

Shemot

Parashat Shemot: Miriam and Moshe 11/27/19

Nashim Tzidkaniyot: The Role of Women in Yetziat Mitzraim 12/9/19

VaTachmol Alav: The Role of Bat Pharaoh 12/9/19

VaTichayena et HaYeladim: The Courage of the Midwives 12/10/19

Parashat Shemot: VaTetatzav Achoto- Miriam and Bat Pharaoh 12/11/19

Parshat Shemot: Machshava KiMa'aseh? Chalot Shem Rasha B'Haramat Yad 12/26/19

Parshat Shemot: Becoming a Nation 1/15/2020

Auschwitz, Seventy Five Years Later: Reflections from Sefer Shemot 1/28/20

Parshat Shemot: The Meaning of Gershom 1/30/20

Parshat Shemot: Hester Panim to Geulah 2/4/2020

Parshat Shemot: Moshe and the Sneh I 2/7/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh II- The Presence of the Shechinah 2/11/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh III: And He His His Face 2/18/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh IV: Mi Anochi 2/20/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh V: Zeh Shemi L'Olam, Zeh Zichri L'Dor Dor 2/21/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh VI 2/27/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh VII 3/3/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh VIII: Three Signs 3/4/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh IX: Kevad Peh, Kevad Lashon 3/4/20

Parshat Shemot: Moshe at the Sneh X: Shelach Na BiYad Tishlach 3/6/20

Parshat Shemot:Moshe returns to Yitro 3/18/2

Parshat Shemot 4:18-20 Return to Egypt 3/23/20

Parshat Shemot Arba Chashuvim K'Met: Revival through Torah 3/24/20

Va'Eira

Parshat Va'Eira: Lev Pharaoh- The Limits of Free Will. 1/27/20

Parshat Terumah- He'arot on Shlishi: Menorah and Mishkan 2/27/20

Parshat Terumah: The Aron and Mizbeach 2/28/20

Parshat Terumah: He’arot on Shishi and Shevi’i 2/28/20

Parshat Terumah: Poles of the Aron 2/28/20

Parshat Terumah: He'arot on Revi'i 3/3/20

Parshat Terumah- He'arot on Chamishi 3/3/20

Tetzaveh

Parshat Tetzavah: He'arot on Sheni: Connecting Choshen and Ephod 3/3/20

Parshat Tetzaveh- He'arot on Rishon 3/3/20

Purim: Darkness and Light 3/3/20

Parshat Tetzaveh- He'arot on Shlishi: Me'il and Ttitz 3/4/20

VaYakhel-Pekudei 

VaYakhel-Pekudei I: Mishkan and Shabbat 3/17/20

Parshat Pekudei-Kol Beit Yisrael: The Family Nation of the Jewish People 3/19/20

Vayikra

VaYikra: He'arot on Rishon 3/23/20

VaYikra: He'arot on Sheni 3/24/20

Tazria

Parshat Tazria: Milah, Shabbat, Tzara'at 4/22/20

Parshat Tazria: Seven Sins Which Cause Tzara'at 4/23/20

Kedoshim

Parshat Kedoshim: V'Ahavta L'Reacha Kamocha: Is is Even Possible?4/30/20

מפני שיבה תקום והדרת פני זקן: Caring for our Elderly Population during this Crisis 5/3/20

Acharei-Mot Kedoshim

Acharei-Mot Kedoshim: COVID-19 and Our Children 5/1/20

Emor

Parshat Emor: He'arot on Rishon 5/4/20

Parshat Emor: The Mitzvah of Kiddush Hashem and COVID-19 5/6/20

Parshat Emor: Two Dimensions of Kedushat HaZman 5/7/20

Parshat Emor: The Mekalel and Nadav/Avihu 5/10/20

Behar

Parshat Behar: The Message of Shemitah- כללותיה ודקדוקיה.m4a    5/11/20

Parshat Behar: The Message of Yovel 5/12/20

5/13/20 Parshat Behar: The Severity of אונאת דברים

Bechukotai

Parshat Bechukotai: Ameilut BaTorah 5/14/20

BaMidbar

Introduction to Sefer BaMidbar: Was the Dor HaMidbar Truly a Total Failure? 5/18/20

The Conservation of Kedusha: Ramban's Introduction to Sefer BaMidbar 5/19/20

Parshat BaMidbar: Kol Yotze Tzavah B'Yisrael 5/21/20

ויבדל אלוקים בין האור לבין החשך- הקדמת הנצי׳ב לספר במדבר.m4a 9/3/20

Naso

Parshat Naso: Birkat Kohanim- The Blessing of Torah 5/26/20

Parshat Naso: The Mishkan, Personal Responsibility, and the Battle against Racism 6/2/20

Parshat Naso: Purifying the Camp 6/2/20

Parshat Naso: Gezel HaGer as an Assault on Hashem 6/3/20

Parshat Naso: Sotah and the Message of Religious Hypocrisy 6/4/20

Parshat Naso: The Nesi'im and the Primacy of the Heart 6/7/20

Parshat Naso: The Levi'im: Passion and Precision 6/10/20

Beha'alotcha

Parshat Beha'alotcha: The Architecture of Menorah and Talmud Torah 6/8/20

Parshat Beha'alotcha: Explaining (Not Excusing) the Episode of Miriam and Lashon HaRa 6/10/20

Ki Tisa

Chet Ha'Egel Part I: An Overview 6/3/20

Egel HaZahav II: The Role of Aharon and Chur 6/10/20

Egel HaZahav III: Moshe and Yehoshua 6/10/20

Egel HaZahav IV: The Emergence of Shevet Levi 6/12/20

Chessed La'Alafim 6/12/20

Korach

Korach 5780: They Were Not All the Same People 6/30/20

Chukat

Parshat Chukat: Mei Merivah and the Expectations of Leadership 7/7/20

The Second Generation II: Miriam in Elite Company 9/9/20

The Second Generation III: Miriam and the Wellspring of Eternal Faith 9/11/20

The Second Generation IV: Miriam and Hope from Despair Part II 9/11/20

מי מריבה חלק א׳  9/16/20

בין מסה ומריבה למי מריבה א׳ 9/16/20

Introduction to Mei Merivah II: Rambam's View of Anger 9/17/20

Pinchas

Parshat Pinchas: On the Transition between Moshe and Yehoshua as a Paradigm for Rabbinic Leadership 7/10/20

Mattot-Masei

Mattot Masei 5780: Principles of Compromise 7/20/20

Devarim

אלה הדברים: Unconditional Love and Demand 7/27/20

Va'Etchanan

Nachamu Nachamu Ami: A Continuum of Consolation 7/31/20

Eikev

Parshat Eikev: Yirat Shamayim- Submission and Ennoblement 8/9/20