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Shabbos Shuva: Choosing to speak out
“The Gemara famously teaches in Shabbat 54b that a person is responsible for the transgressions of their household if they were able to stop them and…
Sep 26
Download our new High Holiday reader: יעלה זכרוננו
Read our collection of Torah essays for the yamim noraim and support us in 5786!
Sep 21
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Nitzavim news: We cannot know what HaShem’s judgement is.
On the last Shabbos of the year, Lexi Kohanski reminds us that we must never be so arrogant as to believe we know what HaShem’s judgments are.
Sep 19
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Ki Savo News: Serving HaShem in times of brokenness
“As the Piaseczno Rebbe so powerfully writes ‘The worst of evils is self-justification, such that one be righteous in his own eyes.’” To R’ Jonah Winer…
Sep 12
Ki Seitzei News: drawing close to HaShem in the face of brutality
In this week’s dvar Torah, R’ Avigayil Halpern asks: “How can we maintain this relationship in the face of this textual brutality?” R’ Halpern’s dvar…
Sep 5
August 2025
Shoftim News: Tzedek, bloodguilt, and tshuva
In this week’s dvar torah, Binya Koatz enjoins us that “ The futures of [both] Palestine and our people depend on our ability to abandon the path of…
Aug 28
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Re’eh News: The imperative to feed those who are hungry
This week’s dvar Torah draws connections between the forced starvation in Gaza and the ongoing crisis of hunger around the world.
Aug 22
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Ekev News: Reflections on Action, Family History, and Wrongdoings
As we enter the season of tshuva, R’ Leead Staller reminds us that “we don’t read the Torah to hear how great our history is and how we are the chosen…
Aug 14
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Parshas Va'eschanan
We marked Tisha B’Av with communal fasting and profound grief, but also with public mourning.
Aug 8
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Tisha B'Av Events and Resources
NYC in-person vigil, Zoom Learning, Tisha B'Av reader, and divrei Torah
Aug 1
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Shabbos Chazon: Grief, Action, Moral Clarity
To our beloved community, Today finds us in deep grief.
Aug 1
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July 2025
Parshas Matot-Masei: Reflecting on the Forum and planning for Tisha B'Av
It was so moving to gather with 150 of you at our Forum on Sunday, with 1,000+ more watching on livestream, who are committed to Observant Judaism that…
Jul 25
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