Tag: collective responsibility

Camp and Congregation (Beha’alotecha 5779)

10th June 2019

The parsha of Beha’alotecha speaks about the silver trumpets – clarions – Moses was commanded to make: The Lord spoke … Read more

15th October 2018

Within the first words that God addresses to the bearer of a new covenant, there are already hints as to … Read more

8th October 2018

NOACH: A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS Covenant & Conversation: Family Edition is a new and exciting initiative from The Office … Read more

8th October 2018

The parsha of Noach brings to a close the eleven chapters that precede the call to Abraham and the beginning … Read more

31st October 2016

I once had the opportunity to ask the Catholic writer Paul Johnson what had struck him most about Judaism during … Read more

9th March 2015

There is a verse so familiar that we don’t often stop to reflect on what it means. It is the … Read more

12th May 2014

In Bechukotai, in the midst of one of the most searing curses ever to have been uttered to a nation … Read more

25th May 2012

Tomorrow night we begin the Jewish festival of Shavuot, and this week Eugene Polley died: the inventor of the … Read more

1st November 2008

Between the creation of the universe and the call to Abraham the Torah tells four stories: Adam and Eve, Cain … Read more