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    A D'var Torah for Parashat Vayeitzei By Rabbi Katy Allen ('05) Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Once long ago and far away there lived a wise Queen who ruled a small but thriving territory. The Queen had three daughters. As each daughter came of age, the Queen gave her 10 pieces of Read More >

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    Bless People by Their Names A D'var Torah for Parashat Vayishlah By Rabbi Lizz Goldstein ('16) Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah This week is Transgender Awareness Week, an opportunity for trans folks to celebrate themselves and for allies to educate themselves and uplift the voices of the too often silenced queer community. Read More >

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    Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Vayeishev By Rabbi Ariann Weitzman ('11) The story of Tamar is sandwiched between two momentous scenes in the Joseph saga: The first scene: Joseph dreams some dreams, whose interpretation infuriates his jealous brothers, who sell him to Egyptian slavers. The second scene: Read More >

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    Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Mikeitz By Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman This Shabbat is a three Torah Shabbat. We will read the weekly parasha of Mikeitz, then the reading for Rosh Hodesh and then for Hanukkah. Though it may be a stretch, let’s see if we can weave together the common themes of these three. The story Read More >

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    A D'var Torah for Parashat Vayigash By Rabbi Doug Alpert ('12) Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah With this week’s Parashah we are neck-deep into the Joseph story. A prominent focus of the narrative has been, and continues to be, on Joseph’s relationship with his brothers. Was Joseph seeking revenge on his brothers by withholding his identity, Read More >

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    A D'var Torah for Parashat Vayehi By Rabbi Marc Rudolph ('04) Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah   In Act ll of Richard the Second, Shakespeare tells us that:   The tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony: Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain, For they breathe truth/ that Read More >

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    Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah Leaving the Palace A D'var Torah for Parashat Shemot By Rabbi Rob Scheinberg This story sounds familiar, I thought. Sitting in a college religion course, my professor began to describe the early life of a most significant religious leader in world history, someone who was effectively the founder of Read More >

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    Click HERE for an audio recording of this D'var Torah A D'var Torah for Parashat Va'eira By Rabbi Cantor Sam Levine ('19) (I am indebted to the invaluable resource AlHatorah.org for directing me to many of the sources cited below.) Last week, we read in Parashat Shemot Moshe’s demurral at God’s choosing him for the role of liberator. Moshe says לֹא֩ Read More >