Weekly Torah Commentaries

Pinhas

Numbers 25:10-30:1

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Text Studies

Zeal And Peace by Rabbi Howard Alpert

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

 

Leading By Example by Rabbi Jordan D. Cohen

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

 

Who’s Next?  The Change And Challenge Of Leadership by Janice L. Roger

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

Commentaries

Sustenance from the Source by Michael Rosen

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

 

Heroic or Sinful? by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

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

 

Land Distribution--Then and Now by Sarah Margles

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

 

The Pinhas Problem by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

Pinhas In America? by Rabbi Ismar Schorsch

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

 

A Time For Zeal by John Schecter

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

 

To See With The Heart by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Passion 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 Count Of Love by Rabbi Reuven Spolter

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

 

The Daughters Of Zelophchad And The Divine Right Of Ownership by Abigail B. Weinberg and Kevin Haworth

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

 

The Limits Of Leadership by Simha Rosenberg

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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