Purim: The Story Behind the Holiday
Purim 🎭 will begin this year on the evening of March 2 and continue throughout March 3. This holiday commemorates the miraculous salvation of the Jewish people in the Persian […]
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Parashat Va’era: Believing and Trusting God
There are passages of Scripture we want to read again and again because they hold, in remarkable unity, God’s heart, human pain, and the key to freedom. The weekly portion […]
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The Reference Point: When God Began a New Time
We are living in days when much feels unstable and hard to read. Headlines shift faster than we can process them, talk of wars and upheavals grows louder than ever, […]
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Hanukkah: Be Renewed – Shine in the Dark
When Hanukkah lights are kindled, the atmosphere in a home subtly changes – warmer, quieter within, clearer in thought. Year after year, Hanukkah seems to ask the same honest question: […]
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The Greatest Biblical Narrative of Strength, Weakness, and Final Redemption
The story of Samson is one of the most paradoxical narratives in Scripture. He is far from an ideal hero; in him we see a striking combination of divine calling […]