C&C Family Edition: Sages and Saints (Naso 5779)
NASO: Sages and Saints Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office of Rabbi … Read more
Parsha: Naso
Sages and Saints (Naso 5779)
Parshat Naso contains the law of the Nazirite – the individual who undertook to observe special rules of holiness and … Read more
Lifting Heads (Naso 5778)
The word Naso that gives its name to this week’s parsha is a verb of an extraordinary range of meanings, … Read more
The Pursuit of Peace (Naso 5777)
The parsha of Naso seems, on the face of it, to be a heterogeneous collection of utterly unrelated items. First … Read more
The Blessing of Love (Naso 5776)
At 176 verses, Naso is the longest of the parshiyot. Yet one of its most moving passages, and the one … Read more
Two Versions of the Moral Life (Naso 5775)
The parsha of Naso contains the laws relating to the nazirite – an individual who undertook, usually for a limited … Read more
Naso (5774) – The Politics of Envy
Few things in the Torah are more revolutionary than its conception of leadership. Ancient societies were hierarchical. The masses were … Read more
Naso (5773) – What Counts?
This week’s sedra begins with a continuation of the census begun in last week’s – the act that gives the … Read more
Naso (5772) – Sages and Saints
As mentioned in a previous Covenant and Conversation, there was an ongoing debate between the sages as to whether the … Read more
Naso (5771) – The Pursuit of Peace
The parsha of Naso seems, on the face of it, to be a heterogeneous collection of utterly unrelated items. First … Read more