Weekly Torah Commentaries

Lekh-L’kha

Genesis 12:1-17:27

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Text Studies

Go From Your Land by Joel Lynn

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

 

Unconditional Love by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

 

Covenanting by Rabbi Shira Milgrom

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

Commentaries

The First Jewish Environmentalist by Tuvia Aronson

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

 

Hagar & Reproductive Health by Carol Towarnicky

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

 

For Your Own Good by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

Shield of Abraham by Ismar Schorsch

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

 

Recognizing The Heir by David Elcott

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

 

Abram And God’s Mutual Faith by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Beginning With The Individual 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.

 

Educating Against Egypt by Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt

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

 

Social Action Within Our Walls: Smashing Jewish Idols by Rabbi Andrew Bachman

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

 

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