Torah Commentary

We must learn to offer hand-ups instead of hand-outs.

How to develop a healthy relationship with the material world.

This portion teaches us that there are no easy fixes to the complex problems that face our social systems.

We do not have the right to drive fish to extinction.

This portion challenges us to express our most intimate and deeply held values with every mouthful.

The sacrificial system teaches that coming nearer to God requires coming nearer to each other.

Though the book of Leviticus--and other global systems--may seem antiquated, but we cannot just strike them from the record.

We must take responsibility for our actions even in absence of conclusive proof we have done something wrong.

Building global community, like the construction of the mishkan, requires everyone to participate.

The Torah teaches us to think globally and act locally.