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Aug 27, 2026, 3:25 PM

At the Table, Not Under the Canopy

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The Bride, the Friends, and Those Left in the Outer Darkness There is a primary, undeniable romance running like a golden thread through the Hebrew Scriptures: Hashem is the Husband, and Israel is His Bride. Every covenantal mechanism, every boundary stone,...

Alejandra Barav

Aug 24, 2026, 5:36 AM

The Mitzvah of the Dropped Plan

What our canceled summer vacation taught me about catching unexpected light. We had the passports sitting on the counter, the itineraries printed out, and that sweet daydream of a family summer in Europe. We were ready to wander down cobblestone...

Aug 23, 2026, 6:15 AM

The Connection Between Mitvot of Shiluach HaKen and Kibbud Av VaEm 5786

Honoring Motherhood: The Connection Between Shiluach HaKen and Kibbud Av VaEm The Torah commands us to honor our parents: כַּבֵּד אֶת־אָבִיךָ וְאֶת־אִמֶּךָ “Honor your father and your mother.” The most obvious explanation for this mitzvah is gratitude. Our parents gave us the greatest...

Aug 22, 2026, 9:32 PM

Where difference becomes power

An Ethics of Position in Parashat Ki Teitzei I think, based on my structural and epistemological reading of the parashah, that Ki Teitzei is not primarily constructed as a collection of scattered laws. It is a discipline of consciousness in...

Aug 22, 2026, 11:19 AM

The Wedding Hamas Could Not Stop

Yesterday, I watched videos of the wedding of two people I have never met, with tears in my eyes. I was not among the thousand guests celebrating under the chuppah of Eliya Cohen and Ziv Abud at Ronit Farm...

Philip Goldwasser

Aug 21, 2026, 7:56 PM

‘You May Not Hide Yourself’: The Torah’s Call to Ethical Responsibility

Parashat Ki Teitzei contains more mitzvot than any other parashah in the Torah—traditionally counted as seventy-four. Its commandments cover an astonishing range of life: the laws of warfare; the obligation to pay a worker on time; the requirement to...

Talyah Ginsberg

Aug 21, 2026, 6:40 PM

74 mitzvot, four men, one possible match

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Parshat Ki Teitzei has plenty to say about relationships. CoronaCrush gives you seven minutes to figure one out

Aug 21, 2026, 6:38 PM

Parashas Ki Teitzei- The Torah Only Spoke…

The Ethical Metamorphosis of War: From Human Weakness to the Sanctification of Hashem's Name The laws of the Yefes Toar (the captive woman of war) in Parashat Ki Tetze present one of the most profound moral paradoxes in all of...

Aug 21, 2026, 6:11 PM

Parashat Ki Teitzei

When the Soul Goes Out to War Ki Teitzei begins in war. "When you go out to war against your enemies … and take captives." The first person to whom the parashah then turns its attention is not the victor. It is...

Lori Prashker-Thomas

Aug 21, 2026, 6:07 PM

When Kindness Becomes a Commandment

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I have been thinking a lot lately about kindness—or, more honestly, the lack of it. We live in a world where people are quick to judge, criticize, and tell others what they should be doing. We see it every...

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