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Parashat Noach: How Societies Collapse
The story of the flood is an object lesson in the kinds of crimes that pose existential social threats.
Ezekiel: Prophecy as Performance Art
The fourth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel finds God instructing the prophet to perform a series of bizarre tasks.
The Torah Blessings: Celebrating the Source of ‘Eternal Life’
The idea that the Torah is alive and ever-changing is encoded in the blessings recited before and after an aliyah.
Nathan the Prophet
Best-known to us as King David's prophet, Nathan should perhaps better be known as the man who ensures Solomon's rise to the throne of Israel.