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This page collects sermons, Torah commentary, and other resources related to a particular Torah portion or holiday reading.

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Exodus 10:1-13:16

After the 2021 Presidential inauguration, Rabbi Yael Ridberg draws upon lessons from Parashat Bo to illuminate the power of ritual to reaffirm our identity and values. 

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Exodus 6:2-9:35

There is a plague of darkness that has fallen not only on our land but upon the world. The coronavirus is certainly a plague that has affected every family, passing over some homes but striking too many others.

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Exodus 10:1-13:16

In the 13th century BCE, perhaps at this time of year, a few weeks before the new moon of spring, Moses said to Pharaoh: “We won’t know what we need until we get there.” That remains true. We won’t know what we need until we get there. All we can do is cultivate a trust, a faith, an emunah, that even though conditions going forward are beyond our ability to imagine, we will respond with love and empathy and resolve to the best of our ability.

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Exodus 10:1-13:16

When do we become fully adult? When we accept total responsibility for our actions. In this commentary on Parashat Bo, Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben examines Pharaoh's life and decisions to shed light on our own sense of moral responsibility for our deeds. 

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Exodus 10:1-13:16

In this short talk, Rabbi Lester Bronstein brings 18th and 19th-century Hasidic thought into dialogue with contemporary Reconstructionist theology.

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