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Vayikra 5786 - Let us be called: small alef, large imperative to connect to justice
Hearing the still small voice inside of us that calls us to act for peace and justice
Chayei Sarah 5786 - Grief can connect us: Small letter, large meaning
The connecting power of grief: Abraham's deep grief, Isaac and Ishmael coming together to bury their father... what can we learn from the small kaf in Genesis 23:2?
Nitzavim 5786 - Learning from the large lamed in Deuteronomy 29:27: lessons about transforming enmity to affiliation
An unusual letter and extraordinary points (puncta extraordinaria) here and also in Parashat Vayishlach
Nitzavim x Psalm 27 / Elul 5784 Extraordinary points
Niztavim / Elul / Psalm 27 5784 - revealing the truths that are hidden.
Pinchas 5786 Apocalypse vav: broken peace, incomplete shalom; is wholeness possible?
Can peace result from violence? Learning from the broken vav in Parashat Pinchas