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The Spirituality and Practice of Teaching

Summer Torah Reflections: Bamidbar

Nasso: Peace is God’s Face

Haftarat Nasso: Nothing is as it Seems

Haftarat Beha’alotecha: Return?

   To the Temple?

Chukat: Theodicy and Torah

Balak: Bilam, A Universal Prophet

Balak: Bilam, Man Without Attachment

Masei: Forty-Two Stations

On Tisha B’Av

Reb Kalman’s Vision (Shabbat Chazon)

How Will We Heal? (Eichah)

Summer Torah Reflections: Devarim

Haftarat Va’etchanan: Radical Universal

   Monotheism

Va’etchanan: The Shema, A Mystical Mishkan

Ekev: Road Map

Re’eh: Take a Look at Your Food

Shoftim: Love and Awe

Shoftim: A Tikkun for “Holy War”