Weekly Torah Commentaries

Tazria

Leviticus 12:1-13:59

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Text Studies

Clean Up Your Act by Rabbi Andrea Lerner

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

 

Judging Ourselves And Others by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

Commentaries

Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Planet by Rabbi Natan Greenberg

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

 

Leprosy and Other Plagues by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

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

 

Recognizing God’s Presence by David Nelson

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

 

Life, Death, and Impurity by Rabbi Lauren Berkun Eichler

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

 

The Leprosy Of Irresponsible Speech by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Parental Sacrifice by Rabbi Joseph S. Ozarowski

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

 

A Gay Perspective On Punishment And Disease by Rabbi Roderick Young

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

 

Better Than God? by Rabbi David Goldstein

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

 

Cycles Of Life, Death, And Purification by Simon S. Kaminetsky

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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