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Torah Portion


Articles on the weekly Torah readings, including inspiration and explanations.

 ‘THE PUNISHMENT of the Sons of Korah’ by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1481-1482.

Parashat Korah: ‘An elevated place in Gehenna’

 An illustrative image of a grasshopper.

Parashat Shelach: Seeing giants, choosing hope

 The Grapes of Canaan by James Tissot (circa 1900). Although the 12 spies brought back a cluster of grapes so large that it took two men to carry it, only two of the 12 brought back a good report of the land.

Parashat Shelach: Believe in yourselves

 OUR FINITENESS can never completely comprehend the infinite

Parashat Beha’alotcha: The call of humility

 An illustrative image depicting gossip.

Parashat Beha’alotcha: Yes to speaking up, no to hurting!

 An illustrative image of businessmen jumping across a chasm for money.

Parshat Naso: Rich people’s problems

 Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim.

Parashat Bamidbar: In memory of Sarah Milgrim

By Mayan Chin Jacobi
 EVERYONE IS rooted in his place

Parashat Bamidbar: ‘Each man by his banner’

 WHOSE LIFE comes first?

Parashat Behar-Bechukotai: Live and let live

 Religious man holds bundle of wheat (Illustrative).

Parashat Emor: ‘Guest mode’

 FIND HOLINESS at your Shabbat table

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: ‘Holiness,’ ‘abstinence,’ and what lies between

 An illustrative image of a megaphone.

Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Skin afflictions as a warning sign

 Cattle cool off near Hispin.

Parashat Shemini: Food of truth

Over-indulging in worldly desires can take one down a negative road.

Parashat Vayikra: Sacrifices, essence, and meaning

 MOSES PROVIDED a meticulous accounting of every donation collected for the Mishkan.

Parashat Pekudei: Don’t walk away

A LEADER should choose the alternative path.

Parashat Pekudei: The beauty of transparency

 THE MESSAGE: Give what you can, but from the heart.

Parashat Vayakhel: Giving from the heart

 An illustrative image of a young girl holding outlines of dumbbells.

Parashat Tetzaveh: Yes, you can!

 THE OBJECT permanently placed in the holiest site on Earth had the pure faces of innocent children.

Parashat Teruma: ‘Its interior is filled with love’

 THE METAPHOR of father and daughter is explored.

Parashat Teruma: Make Me a sanctuary for Me to dwell in

 An illustrative image of a coinpurse.

Parashat Mishpatim: The Jewish consciousness of ‘hessed’

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