by Sarah Gazitt | Jun 18, 2026 | Torah Reflections
Korach Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 In the opening verses of this week’s Torah portion, a leader of the Levites named Korach took it upon himself to challenge the leadership of Moses and Aaron. Accompanied by 250 angry followers, he confronted the two brothers...
by Sarah Gazitt | Jun 14, 2026 | Torah Reflections
Sh’lach L’cha Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 For forty days and forty nights the scouts sent by Moses gathered information and sampled the local fruits in the Promised Land. Upon their return, Caleb and Joshua encouraged the people to enter and conquer...
by Sarah Gazitt | May 31, 2026 | Torah Reflections
Naso Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 One of the most disturbingly misogynistic stories in Torah—and, admittedly, there are many—confronts us in this week’s portion. It describes the humiliating ritual a woman was forced to endure if she had “strayed” or if her...
by Sarah Gazitt | May 27, 2026 | Torah Reflections
B’midbar Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 A midrash relating to the opening of Parashat B’midbar (“In the wilderness”) asks, “Why was the Torah given in the wilderness?” Why not present the Torah in a more spiritually elevated place—say, for example, atop Mount...
by Sarah Gazitt | May 10, 2026 | Torah Reflections
B’har – B’chukotai Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34 “If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments, I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit.” (Lev....
