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The Eternal Flame Within Us All - DT Tzav Berger
A Jew walks into a synagogue and looks around. What can s/he expect to see? An area for prayer that includes an ark that contains at least one Torah; perhaps a table, a bima, in front of the ark as a focus area for the prayer service and the Torah reading; and finally, a light, either attached to the top of the ark in some way or hanging from the ceiling.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/eternal-flame-within-us-all
Posted on: 2017/03/28 - 4:06pm
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Tzav: The Haftarah as Commentary - DT Kligler Tzav
Va’yedaber YHVH el Moshe leimor: Tzav et Aharon v’et banav leimor: Zot torat ha’olah…
And YHVH spoke to Moses, saying: Command Aaron and his sons thus: These are the instructions for the burnt offering…
(Parashat Tzav, Leviticus 6:1-2)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/tzav-haftarah-commentary
Posted on: 2017/03/28 - 4:10pm
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Jewish Continuity and the origins of "Ben Hur" - DT Beshalakh
This week's parasha — Beshalakh — is overloaded with material: the pursuit, the crossing of the Sea, the Song of the Sea , the Song of Miriam, the travels in the desert, and the battle with Amelek. It has two sets of bad role models at each end — in the beginning, Pharaoh and his advisors advise who him to pursue.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/jewish-continuity-and-origins-ben-hur
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 10:18am
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A D'var Torah for Tetzaveh - DT Eric Mendelsohn
This Torah portion consists of the ordination of Aaron and his descendants as priests, vast descriptions of the vestments that the priest should wear, and the law of the half-shekel temple tax. This segment was probably rewritten in King Josiah's time, and again during the exile, and again upon the return to conform to what the priests were wearing at that time. Nothing in this parasha of direct relevance to Judaism, even to traditional Jewish practice, survived the destruction of the Temple, though Jews have chosen to dress the Torah in a mimicry of the priestly vestments.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/dvar-torah-tetzaveh
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 12:28pm
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Symbolism of Rainbows - DT Noakh
In this week's parasha our attention is focused on Noah and his family's experience in the ark. The flood has subsided and the doors of the ark have opened. God has commanded Noah to exit the ark and to release the animals back into the world. (Genesis 8:15-19) God next declares that such a wholesale disaster will never be caused by God again. A covenant is established and God seals it by placing a rainbow in the sky: “This is the sign that I set for the covenant between Me and you, and every living creature with you, for all ages to come.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/symbolism-rainbows
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 5:48pm
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Taking Down the Sukkah
These days, it doesn't take me very long to put up my sukkah. When it was new, it took me a while to figure out how the parts fit together, but now I have it down to a science. I lay the poles on the ground and connect them one by one to make the frame. Then I hang the tarpaulins that form the walls and place the bamboo mat on the top for the roof. When that's all done, I ask the kids to come in and decorate it.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/taking-down-sukkah
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 5:55pm
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My Brother's Keeper DT Vayishlakh Eron
Few conflicts are as significant in our lives as our struggles with those who are most close to us: the members of our family. Who we were, who we are and who we will become is most clearly seen in our relationships with our parents, our siblings, our spouses and our children. Our ability to move beyond our conflicts to an attitude of acceptance and affection is a measure of our growth as human beings. Our deepest felt experiences are those of familial love and loss, and alienation and reconciliation.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/my-brothers-keeper
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 7:01pm
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Jewish Values and Journalistic Ethics - Video and Transcript
It is a fascinating time in the world of journalism right now; some might say unprecedented. With fake news proliferating and an antagonistic relationship between the White House and the press, the role of the media and factual reporting has never seemed more urgent. Can Jewish values inform the practice of journalism and journalistic ethics? Check out this conversation between Rabbi David A.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/video/judaism-and-journalistic-ethics-video-transcript
Posted on: 2017/03/30 - 12:49am
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Danger of Religious Fanaticism - DT Vayekhi
[Editor's note: This piece was written for Martin Luther King weekend several years ago, and refers to specific events occuring at the time it was written. However, its insights remain relevant over a decade later.]
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/danger-religious-fanaticism
Posted on: 2017/04/05 - 2:56pm
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Shabbat Hagadol DT Howard Cohen
The Shabbat before Pesach is known as Shabbat HaGadol: The Great Shabbat. The special nature of the day is highlighted with a haftarah selected from the prophet Malachi. The words of this anonymous prophet (the name Malachi simply means “my messenger”), who lived around the middle of the 5th century BCE, are remarkably contemporary sounding. A closer look at what he has to say can be simultaneously comforting and frightening.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/shabbat-hagadol
Posted on: 2017/04/05 - 4:47pm
