Weekly Torah Commentaries

Vayishlah

Genesis 32:3 – 36:43

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Text Studies

Anatomy Of An Enemy

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

 

The Question Is The Blessing by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

 

Confronting the Sitra Ahra by Rabbi Burt E. Schuman

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

Commentaries

Small Vessels by Jonathan Neril

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

 

The Path to Reconciliation by Carol Towarnicky

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

 

Recovery and Reconciliation by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

Overcoming Envy by Dvora Weisberg

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

 

Truly Present To God And People by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

Living With Threat by Rabbi Avraham Fischer

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

 

Exile And Survival: Jacob’s Legacy by Rabbi Gerry Serotta

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

 

Silent Deliberations by Rabbi Marc Wolf

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

 

Struggling With Monotheism by Osnat Elnatan

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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