parshat bereishit

​​

• "Is the Image of Greatness Merely Good?"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 2021/5782

• "Showing Up for God"; Yael Keller, 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

​​

• "Emerging from the Ark"; Yael Keller, 2021/5782

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

• "What's Your Name Again?"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 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

​

 

parshat lech lecha

​​

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

• "V’heyei Bracha: Being Extraordinary in Ordinary Moments"; Atara Lindenbaum, 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

• "Sarai as Victim and Perpetrator of Abuse"; Rabbanit Chava Evans ('17), 2014/5775

​

 

parshat vayera​

​

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

• "An Emotional Response to Akeidat Yitzchak?"; Dalia Davis, 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

​

 

parshat chayei sarah

​​

• "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

​

 

parshat toldot

​

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

• "Enough Blessings for Each of Us"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 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

​

 

parshat vayeitzei

​​

• "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

​​

• "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

​​

• "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

​​

• "Our Complicated, Broken, and Beautiful Dreams"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 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

​​

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

• "Show Up, Speak Up, Stand Up"; Adina Fredman, 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

​​

• "Preserving Our Legacy: The Role of Grandparents in Transmitting Tradition"; Adina Fredman, 2021/5782

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

• "Lasting Legacy"; Yael Keller, 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

parshat shemot

​​

• "Saving a People"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 2021/5782

• "Counting Stars"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2021/5781

• "Batya’s Story: A Single Woman Pursuing Adoption "; Dalia Davis, 2020/5780

• "A Tale of Two Lives"; Myriam Ackermann Sommer, 2018/5779

• "The Heroes' Heroes: Those Who Create Space and Those Who Take It"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2018/5778

• "The Israelite Women and their God:  Partners in Dangerous Love"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2017/5777

• "The God of Need, the God of Now"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Anxiety"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat va'era

​​

• "Does the Midrash Fit the Text?"; Rina Krautwirth, 2021/5782

• "Hitting The Unprecedented Plague With A Stick" (video); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781

• "Our Heavenly Body"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780

• "What Does It Mean To Be A God"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5779

• "Experiencing the Process"; Yael Keller, 2018/5778

• "Savlanut! Undoing the Web of Enslavement"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777

• "Pious Impiety"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Breathing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat bo

​​

• "Is Pharaoh Feeling Guilty?"; Sarah Rosenberg, 2022/5782

• "Beyond the Present"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2020/5780

• "With All Your Heart"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2018/5778

• "Let Me Tell You a Story: Questions and Answers in Parshat Bo"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777

• Parshat Bo; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2017/5777

• "Entering Fog"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Managing Time"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat b'shalach

​​

• "The Long and Short Way"; Luz Toff, 2022/5782

• "An Ode to Miriam"; Naima Hirsch, 2021/5781

• "Sustaining Creation Through Song"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781

• "Empathetic Leadership: On Top of the Mountain or Down in the Valley?"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2020/5780

• "From Hatchlings to Saplings: Shabbat Shira and Tu Bishevat"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2019/5779

• "Leadership, Redemption, and the Bones of Joseph"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2018/5778

• "Crossing Over Into Song"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2017/5777

• "B'Shalach"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2016/5776

• "Ze Eli V'Anvehu: Pointing to a Personal God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Singing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat yitro

​​

• "Drawing Near in Godly and Marital Relationships"; Naima Hirsch, 2022/5782

• "Matan Torah: A New Creation Narrative"; Talia Weisberg, 2021/5781

• "Making Ourselves Abundant"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 2020/5780

• "Images and Imagining God"; Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Kollel '21), 2019/5779

• "Seeing is Believing?"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2018/5778

• "On Closeness Without Convergence"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2017/5777

• "Don't Go It Alone"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2016/5776

• "On Being Seen and Heard"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat mishpatim

​​

• "Making the Ideal Real"; Rivka Wietchner, 2022/5782

• "Voices in the Gates"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2021/5781

• "In Defense of Legalism"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2020/5780

• "Crafting An Ideal Society"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2019/5779

• "But What Were the Terms and Conditions?"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2018/5778 

• "Carrying the Torah's Progressive Spirit into the Future"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777

• "And You Shall Be a Holy People to Me"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2016/5776

 

parshat terumah

​​

• "Imaging a Different Kind of Future"; Amy Newman, 2022/5782

• "We Are Our Own Worst Enemy - Parshat Zachor"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781

• "A Fundraising Dream"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2021/5781

• "Repair, Revelation, and Rededication"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2020/5780

• "Building Hashem's House"; Rabbanit Lisa Schlaff (Kollel '21), 2019/5779

• "Creating A Space For Revelation"; Rabbanit Tali Schaum Broder ('19), 2018/5778

• "Commitment to the Cause: How to Inspire People to Work Together"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13), 2017/5777

• "Intimacy in the Void: On the Keruvim and Shir HaShirim"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776 

• "On Community"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat tetzaveh

​​

• "The Beauty is in the Details"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2022/5782

• "Listening, Speaking, and Acting"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781

• "Knowledge of the Heart, Knowledge of the Hands"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2021/5781

• “Dress to Impress"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780

• “L’eggo Yo’ Ego”: Garments of Glory, to Those Who Seek None"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2019/5779

• "If You Build It, They Will Come: Losing, Persevering, and Rebuilding"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2018/5778

• "Why so many things? Can’t I just talk to God?"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2016/5776

• "Simeni Kachotem al Libecha: On Carrying a People"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "Tetzaveh and The Double Darkness of Depression"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2016/5776

 

 

parshat ki tissa

​​

• "The Rebellious Listener and the Unicorn: Moshe’s Gift to the Jewish People"; Adina Roth, 2022/5782

• "Moses on Education: Breaking Through the Zoom Screen"; Emily Singer, 2021/5781

• "The Artist Who Stood in the Shadow of God"; Laura Shaw Frank, 2018/5778

• "The Need to Tell Our Difficult Stories: Chet HaEigel in our Wholeness and Holiness"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777

• "On Seeing and Not Seeing God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Making Mistakes"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz; 2015/5775

 

 

parshat vayekhel

​​

• "On Lost Arts"; Tamar Marvin, 2022/5782

• "Unpacking the Tabernacle to its Core Values: Vayakhel-Pekudei"; Briah Cahana, 2021/5781

• "Spinning the Goats: Vayakhel-Pekudei"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2020/5780

• "The Beginning of Jewish Culture"; Rabbi Rebecca Blady ('19), 2019/5779

• "Indiscriminate Generosity"; Rabba Wendy Amsellem (Kollel '18), 2018/5778

• "On New Months and New Beginnings"; Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter ('16), 2017/5777

• "On Generosity, Love and Being Loved"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Uncertainty: Vayakhel - Pekudei"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat pekudei

​

• "In the Shadow of God, Son of Light"; Leah Fine, 2022/5782

• "The Art of Teaching"; Rabbanit Aliza Sperling (Kollel '19), 2019/5779 

• "Inviting God into God's House"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

parshat vayikra

​​

• "Thinking Before You Help or Helping Before You Think?"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2022/5782

• "The Profundity of Love’s Simplicity: The Many Names of Moses"; Dr. Shira Billet, 2021/5781

• "Abby's Bat Mitzvah D'var Torah"; Abby S. and Yael K., 2020/5780

• "Reflections on Korban Nedaveh"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2019/5779

• "Naming Moses, Naming Our Experience"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2018/5778

• "From Outside to Inside: Invitations to Unity"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Body and Soul"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat tzav

​​​

• "What Can Sacrifices Teach Us About Peace?"; Yedidah Koren, 2022/5782

• "Bringing Moshe To Our Seder"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2021/5781

• "The Resource of Liminality"; Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Kollel '21), 2020/5780

• "The Power of Separation"; Dr. Chaim Trachtman (Board), 2020/5780

• "Petach HaOhel: Doorways and Opportunities"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2019/5779

• "God Desires Our Broken Hearts"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2017/5777

• "Retaining the Remnants"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

 

 

parshat shemini

​​

• "Be a Mensch"; Tamar Green Eisenstat, 2022/5782

• "Awe is Where the Light Gets In"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 2021/5781

• "Humility and Obedience as a Leadership Skill"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5779

• "Shifting Roles and Setting Boundaries"; Rabba Shani Gross, 2018/5778

• "The Deeds of Aaron's Sons: Between a Strange Fire to Proper Halacha"; Rabba Avital Engelberg (Kollel '15), 2017/5777

• "Difficult Silence"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Living With Loss"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

• "Letting the Light In"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2014/5774

 

 

parshat tazria

​​

• "The Spiritual Potency of Our Changing Bodies"; Arielle Krule, 2022/5782

• "Reluctant  and Visionary Encounters: Tazria-Metzora"; Rabbanit Tanya Farber ('21), 2021/5781

• "Letting the Light In"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780

• "Seeing with Both Eyes: Cultivating Depth Perception for Honest Relationships"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779

• "Imagining the Unknown"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "Community is Inclusivity"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2015/5775

• "On Liminality: Tazria-Metzora"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat metzora

​

• "Surfing with Hope and Faith in Perpetual Impurity"; Yali Szulanski, 2022/5782

• "Isolated But Not Forgotten"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2020/5780

• "Our Bodies Connect Us to Each Other and to Hashem"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5779

• "Metzora and Mashiach"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2018/5778

• "The Toothpaste Sacrifice"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777

• "On Waiting and Not Understanding"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

 

 

parshat acharei mot

​​

• "Drawing Close and Keeping Distance A Spiritual Dance"; Neesa Berezin-Bahr, 2022/5782

• "The Imperative of vi-Yareita mei-Elokecha"; Rina Krautwirth, 2021/5781

• "Backwards Revelation"; Aliza Libman Baronofksky, 2020/5780

• "Spring Ahead and Fall Back: When Israel and the Diaspora Read Different Parashas"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2019/5779

• "Great Torah Principles - Acharei Mot Kedoshim"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2018/5778

• "Everywhere I Go...: Acharei Mot - Kedoshim"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777

• "To Life!"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Boundaries: Acharei Mot - Kedoshim"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat kedoshim

​​

• "You Will Grow!"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 2022/5782

• "Teaching Torah: Planting Seeds and Rooting for Our Children"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2019/5779

• "On the Holiness of Boundaries and the Sanctity of Community"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

 

 

parshat emor

​​

• "The “Perfect” Kohen"; Susan Hornstein, 2022/5782

• "Every Day Counts";  Atara Lindenbaum, 2020/5780

• "Wither the Defect";  Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2019/5779

• "An Ancient Source for Modern Concepts of Justice";  Rabbanit Judith Levitan (Kollel '20), 2018/5778

• "The Importance of Imperfection"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "Emor"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2015/5775

• "On Embracing the Outsider"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

• "Blemishes and the Fallacy of Perfection"; Rabbi Avi Weiss, 2013/5773

 

 

parshat behar

​​

• "Sow Reality, Reap Utopia"; Miriam Lorie, 2022/5781

• "The Nature of Trust"; Amy Newman, 2021/5781

• "From Har Sinai to Jerusalem: A Place in Our Hearts"; Adina Fredman, 2020/5780

• "From the Transactional to the Transcendent and Back Again "; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779

• "Leaning In As A Biblical Commandment: Behar-Bechukotai"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2018/5778

• "God as Ger: Finding Alignment through Alienation";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

 

parshat bechukotai

• "The Second Sex: Here We Go Again"; Myriam Ackermann-Sommer, 2022/5782

• "On Theodicy: Behar - Bechukotai"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

parshat bamidbar

​​

• "Counting the Diamonds"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780

• "Individual or Community: When Identity is More Than a Number"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 2019/5779

• "It's On Us: Living the Jewish Calling at Har Sinai, in the Desert, and in Davening"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2018/5778

• "Unbuilding and Upbuilding in the Wilderness"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Individuals and Community"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat naso

​​

• "Erasure of God’s Name as Rabbinic Invitation"; Sofia Freudenstein, 2022/5782 

• "Who is Fit to be a Leader? Someone Who Knows how to Bless Others"; Briah Cahana, 2020/5780

• "Making a Real Difference in 2020"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2020/5780 (video)

• "The Power of Blessings"; Yael Keller, 2019/5779

• "Blessed be the Sota"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5778

• "Communities of God"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2017/5777

• "Ambivalent Ascetism";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Human Initiative"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

​

 

parshat beha'alotekha

​​

• "Miriam’s Tzara’at: A Punishment or an Opportunity?"; Dalia Davis, 2022/5782

• "Make Our People Humble Again"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2020/5780

• "Table for Five: Beha'alotecha"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), Dr. Sheila Tuller Keiter, Nili Isenberg, Lt. Yoni Troy, and Rabbi Chaim Singer-Frankes, 2020/5780

• "Siblings, A Love Story, Finally"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2018/5778

• "Going Up, With A Friend"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777

• "On Gatherings, Good and Bad"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Not Kowing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat shelach

​​

• “The Failure of Leadership”; Hannah Ruimy, 2022/5782 

• "Beyond Immediate Reality"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2021/5781

• "Bad News Amnesia: Wandering After Your Heart" (video); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5780

• "Meragliim, Minyan and Mind"; Maharat Miriam Gonczarska, 2020/5780

• "Mending Threads and Tying Knots"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2019/5779

• "On Spies, Daughters, and Claiming Our Inheritance"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2017/5777

• "Holy Chutzpah"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Mob Mentality"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

parshat korach

​​

• "The Hidden Longing of Dissent"; Yali Szulanski, 2022/5782

• "Almond Blossoms in 2020"; Rabbanit Tanya Farber ('21), 2020/5780

• "Beyond Mrs. On"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler (Kollel '21), 2019/5779

• "The Power of Thoughts"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777

• "Contemplating Kedusha"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Receiving Criticism"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat chukat

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• "We Cannot but Be in Process"; Dr. Tamar Marvin, 2021/5781

• "The Danger of Anger"; Rabbi Marianne Novak '19, 2020/5780

• "The Copper Snake - How A Miracle Turns Into Idolatry"; Rabba Avital Engelberg ('15), 2019/5779

• "Job and the Red Cow"; Rabbi Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld (Kollel '19), 2018/5778

• "Do Opposites Really Attract? The tragedy of Esav and Jacob's relationship"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13), 2017/5777

• "The Staff of Supernaturalism"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Self Reliance"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat balak

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• "The Snake and the Donkey"; Talia Weisberg, 2021/5781

• "Balak Burlesque"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2018/5778

• "At the Violet Hour"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2017/5777

• "On Foresight"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat pinchas

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• "Leadership in Bridging Equity"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 2021/5781

• "Light Through The Darkness of Transition"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2020/5780

• "Truth and Peace"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat, 2019/5779

• "Save The World - Together"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2017/5777

• "In the Shadow of Trauma";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Being Counted"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat mattot - mase'i

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• "Standing at the Crossroads: Matot-Masei and an Opportunity for Teshuva"; Rabba Claudia Marbach, 2021/5781

• "A Guide to Nation Building"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780

• "Fighting Fair"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2018/5778

• "Descent for the Sake of Ascent"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, ('16), 2017/5777

• "Journeys Redeemed and Unredeemed"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Faith"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat mase'i

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• "Nurturing Proactive Women"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17),  2014/5774

parshat devarim

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• "The Book of Human Initiative"; Aliza Libman Baronofsky, 2021/5781

• "Holy Interruption"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 2020/5780

• "Memories and Journeys"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2019/5779

• "The Power of Goodbye"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5778

• "O Nivonim, My Nivonim"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2017/5777

• "On the Use, Disuse, and Misuse of Language"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "On Gumption"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat va'etchanan

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• "Dealing with Disappointment"; Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Kollel '21), 2021/5781

• "How to Love God: Shema as a User's Manual"; Rabbanit Lisa Schlaff (Kollel '21), 2020/5780

• "On Comfort"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2019/5779

• "A Lesson in Succession"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2018/5778

• "Finding Comfort in Closeness"; Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter ('16), 2017/5777

• "Intimacy without Expectations: Cultivating a Sober Spirituality"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "Va'etchanan"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776

 

parshat ekev

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• "Land of Milk and Yummy": Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2021/5781​

• "Jewish History: The Ultimate Guidebook"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780

• "Losing and Finding Our Way"; Rabbanit Judith Levitan (Kollel '20), 2019/5779

• "No Pain, No Gain: Why Discipline Matters"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2017/5777

• "Luchot v'Shivrei Luchot: On Whole and Broken Pieces"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "Step Back and Look Around"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776

• "On Loving the Convert"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat re'eh

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• "The Choice to Choose Wisely": Nomi Kaltmann, 2021/5771

• "Backwards Revelation"; Rabbanit Tanya Farber ('21), 2019/5779

• "A Symphony of Sight"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2018/5778

• "On Seeing Good and Seeing G-d"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "Re'eh"; Rabbi Eryn London ("17), 2016/5776

• "On Yearning"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

• "Doing What is Right and Good: Nelson Mandela and Moral Courage"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5773

 

 

parshat shoftim

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• "Eglah Arufah: The Case for Radical Responsibility"; Rabbanit Lisa Schlaff (Kollel '21), 2021/5781

• "Shaking the Foundations";  Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2020/5780

• "Fighting for Work Life Balance";  Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779

• "Measuring Matters: Lessons Learned from a Murder Mystery";  Rabbanit Alissa Thomas Newborn ('16), 2018/5778

• "Elul: "It's not about the destination, but the journey"; Rabbanit Goldie Guy ('17), 2017/5777

• "Facing the Challal"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "Shoftim"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776

• "On Unintentionally Sinning"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat ki tetze

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• "Relationship Building as a Mitzvah"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 2020/5780

• "The Challenge of Memory"; Rabbi Tali Adler ('18), 2018/5778

• "On Returning the Lost"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776 

• "Ki Tetze"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776

• "On Fitting In"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat ki tavo

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• "Etchings on Stone"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2020/5780

• "Sharing What's In Your Basket"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5779

• "Prayer, The Fruits of Our Labor"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2018/5778

• "Arvut Hadadit - Covenant of Communal Responsibility"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777

• "Acquiring A Heart that Knows"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

• "Ki Tavo"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776

• "On Praying for Redemption"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat nitzavim

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• "Lionizing Life"; Tamar Green Eisenstat ('23), 2021/5781

• "Time Under Tension"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781

• "The Longest Day"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe '17, 2020/5780

• "Grit vs. Gift"; Rabba Dina Brawer '18, 2019/5779

• "People of the Journey"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777

• "Human Repentance and Godly Return"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776

 

 

parshat vayelech

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• "Proactive and Reactive Love"; Rabbi Alana Suskin ('20), 2021/5782

• "Hitbodedut Versus Hakhel"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2019/5780

• "On Hiding and Seeking- Shabbat Shuva"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777

• "On Nuance - Shabbat Shuva"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat haazinu

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• "On the Wings of God"; Talia Weisberg ('24), 2021/5782

• "Listen Up and Hear"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler ('21), 2020/5781

• "Lifelong Learning"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat, 2019/5780

• "Sometimes You Need a Good Poem"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2018/5779

• "Moshe Between Heaven and Earth"; Rabbi Dr, Devorah Schoenfeld (Kollel '19), 2017/5778

• "The Sacred Gap"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777

• "On Diverse Voices"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775

 

 

parshat v'zot habracha

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• "Writing and Dying with Tears";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777