Weekly Torah Commentaries

Va'et'hanan

Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11

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Text Studies

The Chosen People by Elliot Kaplowitz

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

 

Integrating Knowledge by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

 

Whom Should You Honor? by Rabbi Lawrence W. Raphael

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

Commentaries

Guard Yourselves Very Well by Akiva Gersh

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

 

Hear & Act by Rabbi Dorothy Richman

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

 

"The Smallest of Peoples" by Pamela Katz

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

 

Jewish Continuity--According to Moses by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

Renewing Love by Dvora Weisberg

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

 

Love The Lord by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Beyond The Letter Of The Law by Rabbi David Movsas

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

 

The Dutiful Student by Rabbi Marc Wolf

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

 

Loving God By Acting With Compassion by Gilah Langner

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

 

Inverse Tablets by Mindy Berman

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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