Evergreen

God reveals the divine name to Moses, who never repeats it to the Israelites.

Tithe early and don’t steal.

Are husbands people?

Anonymous sages.

Entitled children.

Save yourself first.

Get figgy with it.

A Hasidic teaching suggests that power, rather than bringing about liberation, achieves just the opposite.

Like the characters in this Torah portion, we can fill the vacant roles left by our loss and grow into new ones.

How should Jews live under foreign rule? These biblical books offer different answers to a 2,000-year-old question.