parshat bereishit

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• "From Darkness to Divine Light"; Yali Szulanski (25), 2023/5784

• "Evicting Shame from Eden"; Naima Hirsch Gelman ('24), 2022/5783

• "Is the Image of Greatness Merely Good?"; Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch ('22), 2021/5782

• "Showing Up for God"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22), 2020/5781

• "We Take Nothing With Us When We Die"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2019/5780

• "Starting Over Again with God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777

• "Being Good"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777

• "Bereishit"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777

• "On Struggle and Productivity"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5776

 

 

parshat noach

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• "Regret from Noach to Yonah", Shoshana Jakobovits, 2023/5784

• "The Flood and the Whirlwind"; Kate Rozansky, 2022/5783

• "Emerging from the Ark"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22), 2021/5782

• "Word Arks"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler (Kollel '21), 2020/5781

• "What's Your Name Again?"; Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch ('22), 2019/5780

• "Harmony, Not Conformity"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2017/5778

• "Leaving the Ark and Praying on the Road:The Righteousness of Engagement in the World"; Laura Shaw Frank, 2016/5777 

• "Walking Before G-d"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "On Finding Illumination"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2014/5775

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parshat lech lecha

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• "Into the Unknown"; Luz Toff, 2023/5784

• "The Demands of Love"; Karolyn Benger, 2022/5783

• "The Quiet Inflection Point"; Yali Szulanski, 2021/5782

• "V’heyei Bracha: Being Extraordinary in Ordinary Moments"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2020/5781

• "Not All Those Who Wander are Lost”: “Lech Lecha and Identity as Process"; Myriam Sommer, 2019/5780

• "Covenantal Clarity"; Rabba Wendy Amsellem (Kollel '18), 2018/5779

• "Noah vs. Avraham: The Confidence to be Compassionate"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2017/5778

• "On Shattering Glass Ceilings"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz

• "On Second Naivete"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "On Suffering"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775

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parshat vayera​

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• "Amidah B’et Tzara"; Sarah Picus, 2023/5784

• "Checking in On G-D"; Briah Cahana, 2022/5783

• "Avraham: Patriarch and Father"; Dr. Susan Hornstein, 2021/5782

• "An Emotional Response to Akeidat Yitzchak?"; Rabbanit Dalia Davis (Kollel '22), 2020/5781

• "The Plague of Blindness"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781

• "Vulnerability, Visiting the Sick & Hospitality: Reflections on Avraham Avinu and CPE"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2019/5780

• "Actualizing Loyalty"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2018/5779

• "The Limits of Hospitality"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2017/5778

• "On Rising Early in the Morning"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2016/5777

• "Vayer et Hamakom Me'rachok", Seeing a Distant God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "Post-Partum Depression"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2015/5776

• "On Laughter"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775

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parshat chayei sarah

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• "The Flutters of a Broken Heart"; Adina Roth, 2023/5782

• "The Legacy of Sarah"; Susan Hornstein, 2022/5783

• "Our Relationship to Land and People"; Briah Cahana, 2021/5782

• "When Will My Life Begin?"; Myriam Ackerman Sommer, 2020/5781

• "Searching for Sarah"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2019/5780

• "Truth On The Mind"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler (Kollel '21), 2018/5779

• "Listening to Trauma"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2017/5778

• "Ger Toshav: Finding Empathy in Civic Duty"; Rabbi Rebecca Blady ('19), 2017/5778

• "Life, Death, or Both?"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2017/5778

• "Stranger, Resident, and the Meaning of Belonging"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13) 2016/5777

• "The Price of Piety"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "On Grieving"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775

• "A Cry is Heard from On High"; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2013/5774

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parshat toldot

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• "Rivka's Dream"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19) 2023/5784

• "Esav and Yakkov: It Didn't Have to Be This Way"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein ('15) 2022/5783

• "Scents of Connection"; Meira Wolkenfeld, 2021/5782

• "Enough Blessings for Each of Us"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2020/5781

• "Founded Fears, Fulfilled Blessings"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2019/5780

• "At the Edge of a Cliff with God"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2018/5779

• "Two Truths and A Lie: What the Story of Jacob’s Deception can Teach Us about Growing Up"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2017/5778

• "Debating the Future: Insights in the Dispute Between Yitzchak and Rivka"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2016/5777

• "The Blessing of Insufficiency"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

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parshat vayeitzei

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• "A Ladder to Mount Sinai"; Sarah Kaufman, 2023/5784

• "Is This Too a Godly Place?"; Luz Toff, 2022/5783

• "Rachel: Our Mother, Our Shepherd"; Talia Weisberg, 2021/5782

• "There’s No Place Like Home"; Miriam Lorie, 2020/5781

• "Where there’s a Will, There’s a...Mountain?"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2019/5780

• "A Thanksgiving Journey"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2018/5779

• "Losing Yourself, Finding Yourself: Jacob’s Psychological Journey"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2017/5778

• "The Epiphany of Prayer"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "On Love and Destiny"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775

• "The Violation of Dinah; The Violation of our Society"; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2013/5774

 

 

parshat vayishlach

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• "When God Blesses Mourners"; Zan Alhadeff, 2023/5784

• "Seeing the Divine in Dinah"; Sofia Freudenstein, 2022/5783

• "When the Wound is the Blessing"; Kate Rozansky, 2021/5782

• "Remembering Rebecca"; Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, 2020/5781

• "Obsessing About Blessing": Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5780

• "The Dangers of Favoritism"; Rabba Shani Gross ('19), 2018/5779

• "The Fear of the Known"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2017/5778

• "What's in a Name?: The Meaning Behind and Beyond What We Call Ourselves"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2016/5777

• "Dancing Toward Dawn"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "On Facing Fears"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775

 

 

parshat vayeshev

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• "Forgetting to Remember and Remembering to Forget"; Miriam Lorie 2022/5783

• "Five Tales of a Disrobing"; Miriam Lorie, 2021/5782

• "Deceptions and Higher Callings"; Tamar Green Eisenstat, 2020/5781

• "On Emotional and Spiritual Growth"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5780

• "Tamar the Tenacious"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2017/5778

• "On Success"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2016/5777

• "On Seeking Serenity"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "On Wandering Towards Purpose"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775

 

 

parshat miketz

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• "Miketz: Dina, Job, and Endurance"  Rabbanit Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld ('19), 2023/5784

• "Understanding Yosef's Interpretations: Bringing Hilkhot Ta’arovet into the Mix"; Sarah Pincus 2022/5783

• "Our Complicated, Broken, and Beautiful Dreams"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2021/5782

• "Resilient We Remain"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5781

• "Finding Joy In The Snow"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781

• "Lost and Found"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2019/5780

• "The Vanishing Flame: The Chassidic Chanukah Miracle"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2018/5779

• "Lights From The Depths"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2017/5778

• "Dreaming in the Dark: Miketz and the Menorah"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "On Forgetting and Remembering"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775

 

 

parshat vayigash

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• "A Cry So Loud" Karolyn Benger, 2023/5784

• "Finding the Courage to See and the Strength to Heal"; Yali Szulanski, 2022/5783

• "Ki Einenu: Can We Connect Through the Nothingness of Grief?"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2021/5782

• "Show Up, Speak Up, Stand Up"; Rabbanit Adina Fredman (Kollel '22), 2020/5781

• "Sibling Rivalry: on Joseph and Judah the Righteous"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2020/5780

• "Re-Meeting Joseph and his Brothers"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5779

• "Long Lost Family, Long Lost Nation, Long Lost Redemption"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2017/5778

• "On Family"; Dr. Rabba Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777

• "On Crying and Catharsis"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "On Favoritism"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775

• "Love in Loss"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2013/5773

 

 

parshat vayechi

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• "Arise Like a Lion" Tamar Marvin 2023/5784 

• "Breaking the Cycle of Favoritism"; Ilana Gimpelevich, 2023/5783

• "Preserving Our Legacy: The Role of Grandparents in Transmitting Tradition"; Rabbanit Adina Fredman (Kollel '22), 2021/5782

• "Death, Closure, and Hope"; Rivka Wietchner, 2021/5781

• "Lasting Legacy"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22), 2020/5780

• "On Reconciliation"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2018/5779

• "Belligerent Prayer"; Rabbanit Tanya Farber ('21), 2017/5778

• "On Raising Children"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2017/5777

• "From Alienation to Integration: Learning to Live"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776

• "‘HaMalach HaGoel’: A Blessing of Protection and a Model for Community"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2015/5775

• "On Denial and Hope"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

• "The Father that Never Died"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5774