Leading our Children to Transcendence
The oldest, continually used blessing in the world is the Torah's "Priestly Blessing." May God bless you [with bounty] and guard you. May God's face...
Authentic, Compassionate Judaism for the Thinking Person
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Scholarly, Conservative Jewish Teachings on God, Prayer, Torah and Kabbalah with Rabbi Nadav Caine (ravnadav)
Reopening the Synagogue When People Are Coming up the Down Staircase
How do we reopen the synagogue after over a year of being virtual? For some it's procedural: distance appropriately, follow guidelines, limit number...
God the Mother
Leviticus ends with a long list of horrifying predictions (or curses) of the vicious suffering of the Israelites when they eventually enter the Land a...
Ross Douthat, Biblical Impurity, and Antipathy toward the Temple
Is Leviticus's insistence that those with skin afflictions (as well as having buried the dead) not go to Temple an exclusionary punishment for being s...
Jewish Law on Cremation and Burial, and What We're Facing as the Numbers Rise
As the percentage of Jews opting for cremation has risen from around 2% to over 20% in twenty years, how do we balance the mitzvah of burial of Jewish...
The Tabernacle -- and our Lives-- as a Purposeful Composition
Inspired by the teachings of the great American ceramicist, Richard DeVore, I examine what the mishkan tells us about the nature of artistic compositi...
Keruvim, Cherubim, Griffins, Sphinxes, and the angel Rafael
What were the Keruvim, the two hybrid beast angels 10 cubits high protecting the Ark of the Covenant, and from between whom God speaks? I rehearse al...
The Building of the Tabernacle through the Lens of the Black Church
Given that some of the most influential narratives and Torah legislation are but a few verses long, why is so much of the book of Exodus chapters and ...
Making Sense of the Most Disturbing Statement in the Bible
No statement by God seems more morally challenging than the prophet Samuel's demand for the complete annhilation of the Amalekites and their animals, ...
"God, Let me receive good counsel!" The 5 minute practice that will change your life
In this 5 minute teaching, I read a poem by Zbigniew Herbert and then share a seriously short spiritual practice that involves receiving the deepest o...