B’midbar

Numbers 1:1-4:20

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Text Studies

Making Sense Of The Census by Rabbi Leslie Bergson

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

 

A Map Of Pluralism by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

 

Naming Names by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie

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

Commentaries

Spiritual Lessons of the Desert by Rabbi Jack Bieler
Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.

Two Halves of a Whole by Rabbi Dorothy A. Richman
Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

On Child Soldiering by Noam Katz

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

 

Self-Accounting in the Wilderness by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

Through The Wilderness by Irwin Kula

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

 

What Is Parenting? by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Questioning Chronology by Rabbi Avraham Fischer

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

 

Standing Guard by Rabbi Phil Miller

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

 

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