Our Capacity for Evil, Our Capacity for Good
Jul 27, 1996 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Va'et-hannan
On the first anniversary of the bomb blast which erased 168 lives in the Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, the New York Times ran a photograph on the front page of Jannie Coverdale, who had lost two grandsons.
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Jewish Time
Jul 13, 1996 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Masei | Mattot
The tantalizingly fragmented book of Numbers closes with a new generation of Israelites, born and bred in the wilderness, poised to cross the Jordan from the west at Jericho.
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Wealth and Ego
Jun 22, 1996 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Korah
Our parasha this week bears and perpetuates the name of Korah, the arch rebel against Moses’s leadership.
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There Are No Shortcuts
Jun 8, 1996 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Beha'alotekha
The nation Moses brought out of Egypt shared neither his vision nor faith.
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Who Was Nethanel Ben Zuar?
Jun 1, 1996 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Naso
You will indulge me, I hope, if I stay with the minor biblical figure of Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of the tribe of Issachar, for another week.
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How We Acquire Our Names
May 18, 1996 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Bemidbar
I am not the same person I was last year when we read the book of Numbers in the synagogue.
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Our Influence on God
May 10, 2008 By David M. Ackerman | Commentary | Yom Hazikaron-Yom Ha'atzma'ut
At the geographic heart of Parashat Emor lies a seemingly innocuous statement: “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: These are My fixed times, the fixed times of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as sacred occasions (Leviticus 23:1–2).”
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Elijah at the Seder Table
Apr 7, 2001 By Ismar Schorsch | Commentary | Shabbat Hagadol | Tzav
The Shabbat just prior to Passover is known as the Great Sabbath, Shabbat ha-Gadol.
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