Weekly Torah Commentaries

Yitro

Exodus 18:1-20:23

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Text Studies

Money Is Tainted: T’Ain’t Mine And T’Ain’t Yours

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

 

Portable Holiness by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

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

 

“I Know Who You Are” by Rabbi Sheldon Marder

Provided by the Union for Reform Judaism, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

Commentaries

Love of God and Material Desire by Jonathan Neril

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

 

Negative and Positive Freedom by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels

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

 

Separation and Togetherness by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

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

 

The Word Made Animate by Ismar Schorsch

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

 

Parents Make It To The Top Ten by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

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

 

From The Margins 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.

 

Preparing To Receive God’s Message by Rabbi Melvin I. Burg

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

 

A System Of Justice And The Details Of A Moral Life by Uri Ayalon

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

 

How We Hear by David Frankel

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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