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Jul 3, 2026, 10:00 PM

Parshas Pinchas: Love Needs Boundaries

A Paradox of Divine Hope: Parshat Pinchas and the Agony of Reaching a Boundary Human experience is rarely crushed by immediate, absolute refusal. Far more agonizing is the slow, torturous unraveling of hope—the cruel psychological phenomenon wherein a slight shift...

Jul 2, 2026, 9:21 AM

17 Tammuz: Three Days between Torah Readings

The Three-Day Torah Reading Gap: How the Timeline of the 17th of Tammuz Shapes Our Relationship with Public Torah Reading Every Monday and Thursday morning in synagogues around the world, a familiar ritual takes place. The ark is opened, the...

Jun 26, 2026, 6:22 PM

Hukas-Balak: Uniting the Nations

I have a much longer title for this week's parsha post: The Paradox of Global Opposition: Bilaam, the United Nations, and the Architecture of Divine Protection Every year, as we read Parashas Balak, which is doubled in chu"l this year as...

Jun 19, 2026, 5:36 PM

Parshas Korach: A Time For Letting Go

Our parsha opens up with a terrible accusation against Moshe Rabbeinu: וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶם֮ רַב־לָכֶם֒ כִּ֤י כׇל־הָֽעֵדָה֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים וּבְתוֹכָ֖ם יְהֹוָ֑ה וּמַדּ֥וּעַ תִּֽתְנַשְּׂא֖וּ עַל־קְהַ֥ל יְהֹוָֽה׃ They combined against Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone...

Jun 5, 2026, 7:35 PM

Parshas Behaaloscha: Heavy Lifting

וְהֵנִיף֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֤ם תְּנוּפָה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהָי֕וּ לַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֥ת יְהֹוָֽה׃ and let Aaron wave the Levites before Hashem as an elevation offering from the Israelites, that they may perform the service of Hashem. The midrash explains...

May 21, 2026, 10:36 AM

Shavuos: Transition from Maamad to Mishkan

The concept of the *Mishkan* (Tabernacle) is frequently misunderstood as a purely functional ritual facility, a cosmic spiritual factory where technical maneuvers are executed to maintain the metaphysical balance of the universe. However, when we deeply examine the framework...

May 19, 2026, 4:19 AM

Euro-Vision: The NYT Is An Antisemitic Rag

Introduction: The Battle for the Cultural Public Square In the modern landscape of global communications, the line between culture and geopolitics has completely dissolved. For decades, the Eurovision Song Contest was viewed by secular commentators as a glittering display of...

May 14, 2026, 6:33 AM

Parshas Bamidbar: Now It’s Our Turn

We’ll be examining the historical, psychological, and halakhic implications of why Shevet Levi (the tribe of Levi) was chosen to replace the Bechor (firstborn). This transition is not merely a personnel change in the Mishkan (Tabernacle); it represents a...

May 9, 2026, 12:08 AM

Parshas Behar-Bechikosai: This Land is My Land

Our Parsha this week (which is double) sends us some very powerful warnings about this entire experience of building a Mishkan while living in the desert adjacent to Har Sinai וְהָאָ֗רֶץ לֹ֤א תִמָּכֵר֙ לִצְמִתֻ֔ת כִּי־לִ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־גֵרִ֧ים וְתוֹשָׁבִ֛ים אַתֶּ֖ם עִמָּדִֽי׃ But...

Apr 27, 2026, 7:43 AM

Parshas Emor- Welcome Home

This week’s parsha invites the entire Jewish people to some very large festivals that we continue to experience every year. The Ramban explains that the festivals are addressed to the "Children of Israel" because the sanctity of these days...

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Rabbi Walls has been serving as a rabbi in the Jewish community since 2003. He has been assistant director of Kashrus and head of a Beis Din specializing in Jewish Identity and family law matters

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