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Stories We Tell: Chiribim and Chiribam

Stories We Tell

Years ago, the Chiribim and Chiribam families were enemies--but, the feud had been going on for so long that nobody could even remember how it began! Eventually, the rabbi decided that he would bring the families together and urge them to make peace. He asked both families to meet him in the forest, but after forgetting his glasses, the plan became difficult to carry through. Was the rabbi able to bring the families together? Cantor Rosalie Boxt retells the story. You can find a written version of the story in Stories for Peace by Mark Binder.

Stories We Tell: The Golem

Stories We Tell

Times were difficult for the Jewish people in Prague —the soldiers fighting against them were too strong, and the Jewish people didn’t have the tools to protect themselves. Rabbi Loew knew he had to do something, so late one night, he created the Golem. Could the Golem protect the Jewish people? Rabbi Mark Kaiserman retells the classic story. For a written version of this story, see The Golem of Prague in “The Classic Tales: 4,000 Years of Jewish Lore.”

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Chukat: Remembering Rabbi Aharon Pankin

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

Parashat Chukat, we learn of the passing of two of the most inspired biblical teachers: Miriam and Aaron. In this episode of On the Other Hand, Rabbi Jacobs honors the life of Rabbi Aaron Panken, Ph.D., z”l, who, like the biblical Aaron, was a remarkable leader.

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - D'varim: For All the Jewish People

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

Kol Yisrael translates to “all of Israel.” In Parashat D’varim, when Moses speaks to kol Yisrael, he’s not speaking to a divided Jewish people: he’s speaking to them as one.

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Sh’lach L’cha: Optimism and Hope

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

Parashat Sh’lach L’cha, the Jewish people are wandering the desert and doubting that they’ll ever make it to the promised land. So, they send 12 spies ahead to scout the land and report back.

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Emor: Unnamed Women

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

Tucked at the very end of Parashat Emor we meet Shlomit bat Divri, the only woman whose name we learn in Leviticus. But, why do we learn her name and not others?

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Shof’tim

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

Parashat Shof’tim is all about judges: who should judge, how they should judge, and why a goo

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Ki Teitzei: How Not to Hate

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

In Parashat Ki Teitzei, we read the phrase, “you shall not abhor an Egyptian, for you are a stranger in his land.” This statement is read only a few months after Leviticus, when the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians, maki

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Ki Tavo: Not If, But When

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

Ki Tavo translates to “when you get there.” the phrasing is “when,” and not “if,” because the Torah reminds us that there was never a doubt that the Israelites would reach The Land of Milk and Honey.

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah - Nitzavim-Vayeilech: It's Not in the Heavens

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

For many, the double portion Nitzavim-Vayeilech is comforting. Judaism is a religion full of commandments, but Nitzavim-Vayeilech assures us that everything we need to be Jewish is in our very hearts.