Rashbam: Right in Your Own Eyes (R’eih)
In Canaan, the Israelites must no longer do what is “right in their own eyes.” They must worship centrally. But wasn’t wilderness worship centralized too?
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Rashbam: The Meaning of Mikdash (Terumah)
In Exodus 25:8, God requests a mikdash. What truly characterizes this special space for God? Rashi, Ramban, and Rashbam offer different ideas.
Yom Kippur Sermon 2018: A Eulogy for Isaiah
Birth is a beginning and death a destination; But life is a journey. A going, a growing from stage to…
Esh Tukad: A Lament for Tisha b’Av
About Tisha b’Av Tisha b’Av fascinates me. It is the saddest day of the Jewish year, reliving the destruction of…