Bha’alotkha

Numbers 8:1-12:16

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Text Studies

Jews March On by Rabbi Avi Weinstein

Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.

 

Craving Perspective by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.

 

God Hears, But What We Do Matters Most by Rabbi Elaine Zecher

Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

Commentaries

Cultivated Cravings by Jon Greenberg

Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.

 

Internal and External Change by Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

Our Covenantal Responsibilities by Devorah Marcus

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

The Trumpet Blasts by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.

 

Words That Wound by Joseph Telushkin

Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.

 

Sometimes, There Are Second Chances by Rabbi Ismar Schorsch

Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.

 

Trying To Remember The Reason I Forgot by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.

 

Leaving Childhood Behind by Rabbi Shimon Felix

Provided by the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, a summer seminar in Israel that aims to create a multi-denominational cadre of young Jewish leaders.

 

How The Trouble Began by Rabbi Avraham Fischer

Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.

 

Beyond Fear: Social Justice As A Sacred Communal Obligation by Nina Wouk

Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.

 

Three Paths by Renanit R. Levy

Provided by the UJA-Federation of New York, which cares for those in need, strengthens Jewish peoplehood, and fosters Jewish renaissance.

 

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