Weekly Torah Commentaries

B’har

Leviticus 25:1-26:2

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Text Studies

This Land Is God’s Land by Rabbi Marsha J. Pik-Nathan

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

 

Reaching Out To Those In Need by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

 

Sowing Seeds Of Redemption by Judith Ovadia

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

Commentaries

The Mitzvah of Shemitah by Noam Yehuda Sendor

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

 

We Are All God's Creatures by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

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

 

Divine Lottery by Ari Weiss

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

 

Elevation or Obstacle? by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

Fairness In The Marketplace by Steve Greenberg

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

 

Our Love For The Land Of Israel by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Responding Swiftly To Need 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.

 

A New World by Rabbi Asher Brander

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

 

Economic Justice For Insiders And Outsiders by Rabbi Joshua Heller

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

 

Masters Of Servitude by Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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

 

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