Before God calls on Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery, Moses develops his leadership skills and his ability to see beyond narrow struggles and his role as liberator.

Zealousness regarding the elevation offering reminds us to be careful in our service of God and others.

If the Golden Calf was an abomination, why is the Tabernacle okay?

Rooting ourselves in sacred story, time, nature and harmony.

The reference to forgetting Joseph raises questions about how oppression is linked to a group's commitment to the larger society.

The Jewish practice of blessing natural phenomena awakens us to the fact that the earth is a wonder, a witness, and a spiritual mystery.

The divine name that God tells Moses at the burning bush expresses the different and evolving relationship that God has with every individual.

A description of the highlights of the Torah, according to the divisions of the weekly portions.

These supernatural beings appear widely throughout Jewish texts.

There are 54 discreet portions, parshiyot in the Torah.  If we regard them as chapters in a greater whole each ...