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Torah Table Talk

“All it takes to study Torah is an open heart, a curious mind and a desire to grow a Jewish soul.”

 

Issues:

Employer and Employee - Rights and Responsibilities … Parshat Beha’alotecha, Numbers 8:1-12:16

Polity and Piety: The Ethics of Warfare … Parshat B’midbar, Numbers 1:1-4:17

Lending and Love: A Jewish Approach to Loans … Parshat Bahar-Bechukotai, Leviticus 25:1 – 27:33

Do Jews Celebrate or Observe Their Holidays?  A Response to Lenny Bruce … Parshat Emor, Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23

Homosexuality and Halakhah … A Second Look at the Sources … Parshat Acharei Mot Kedoshim, Leviticus 16:1-20:27

Illness, Disease and Affliction … Parshat Tazria/Metzora Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33

Defining Purity and Impurity … Parshat Shemini Leviticus 6:1 – 11:47

Why Are these Questions Different…? Shabbat HaGadol, Parshat Tzav, Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36

Avodah: Sacrifice, Prayer, and Worship. Parshat Vayikra, Leviticus 1:1: – 5:26

The Meaning of Hametz and Matzah. parshat VaYekhel/Pekudei, Exodus 35:1 – 40:38

Mishakn, Mo’ed, and Synagogue: A Place of Encounter and Presence. Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei, Exodus 35:1 – 40/Exodus 12:1 – 21

Shabbat: Sign, Symbol, and Sacrament: The Pause that Refreshes. Parshat Ki Tisa, Exodus 30:11 – 34:35

Zachor: The Dark Side of Purim. Parshat Titzaveh, Exodus 27:20 – 30:10

Terumah and Tzedakah:  How We Synagogue Dues. Parshat Terumah, Exodus 25:1 – 27:19
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