Blog Posts about d’var Torah

Awakening to the Moral Imperatives of this Moment

Rabbi Rick Jacobs
This is a moment that requires extraordinary courage to do the hardest and most transformative social change work. It is for all Americans of conscience to build a more just and compassionate future by facing the truth of our history and our present.

Navigating COVID: Our Ancestors Pointed the Way

Aron Hirt-Manheimer
Rabbi Max Chaiken, our Ten Minutes of Torah commentator for the Book of Deuteronomy, is the associate rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami in Los Angeles, CA. We talk to him about his Jewish journey and the ideas behind his commentaries.

Exodus 1:1-6:1: Moses and the Challenge of Diversity

Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander

This week we dive into the second book of the Torah, Exodus. While the book of Genesis traversed thousands of years, Exodus focuses on the evolution of the Israelites as a people for 40 defining years.

The Hebrew name for this book of the Torah and for the

D’var Torah: Vayishlach: A Wrestling Match for the Ages

Rabbi Bruce Kadden
“Ladies and gentlemen, let’s get ready to rumble!

“In this corner, returning after a long absence in Haran, where he is rumored to have fathered eleven sons and one daughter with four different women, considered by some a saint and by others a heel, is the