Weekly Torah Commentaries

Ki Tavo

Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8

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Text Studies

The Worst Curse Is To Lose All Control by Rabbi Avi Weinstein

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

 

It’s The Joy, Not The Oy by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

 

Discovering The Relationship Between Curses And Blessings by Rabbi Andrew F. Klein

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

Commentaries

A Covenant of Action by Jessica Marshall

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

 

Blessings from Strangers by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

History And Memory by Irwin Kula

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

 

Love Is Not The Opposite Of Hate; Law Is by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

The Order of Disorder by Rabbi Ismar Schorsch

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

 

Zionism And First Fruits 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.

 

Twice Warned by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein

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

 

Private Feelings, Public Consequences by Nina Wouk

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

 

Ritual Reinforcement by Lyn Light Geller

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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