Vayera
Genesis 18:1-22:24
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Text Studies
When
You Have To Choose Between Man And God, Choose Man! by Rabbi Menachem
Evan-Israel
Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish
Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college
campuses.
Seeing
The Ram by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger
Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish
Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.
And
God Took Note? by Rabbi William Dreskin
Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations,
the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.
Commentaries
The
Sin of Sodom and its Impact on Creation by Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about
the importance of protecting our environment.
Blessings
for All by Evan Wolkenstein
Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing
global justice through grassroots change.
A
Lesson in Hospitality by
Rabbi Kerry Olitzky
Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an
organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.
Autonomy
Vs. Heteronomy In The Covenantal Relationship by Irwin Kula
Provided by CLAL: The National Jewish Center for Learning
and Leadership, a multi-denominational think tank and resource center.
Honesty
As A Form Of Idolatry by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which
ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.
Laughing
At Logic by Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz
Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating
agency for North American Orthodox congregations.
Service
And Community--In The Desert, Among Strangers by Rabbi Jonathan
Spira-Savett
Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine
dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.
Balancing
the Needs of Home and Community by Rabbi Joshua Heller
Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a
Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.
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