Weekly Torah Portion

In 2020-2021, as part of his role as Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Hadar Institute, Rabbi Greenberg wrote an weekly essay on the Torah portion. These essays are available to download in PDF format.

Bereishit

“Creation”

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“Covenant”

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“Covenantal Pluralism”

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“Your Arm’s Too Short to Box With God – Or Is It?”

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“The Torah Came to Make A Mensch”

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“Our Mother Rebecca”

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“The Journey to Maturation in the Covenant”

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“Our Name is Israel”

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“The Messianic Life Force”

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“Learning the Lessons of Hanukkah”

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“Can We Save the Unity of the Jewish People?”

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“The Covenant Between the Generations”

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Shemot

“The Exodus as Orienting Event”

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“You Are Not Free Until You Are At Home”

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“The Hebrew Calendar is the First Commandment”

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“Do Not Rely On a Miracle”

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“What Happened at Sinai?”

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“The Book of the Covenant”

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“The Torah Speaks in the Language of Humanity”

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“On the Priesthood”

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“God, As Defined By God”

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“Sacred Space, Sacred Time”

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Vayikra

“The Polution of Non-Acts”

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“Does God Want Sacrifices—or Not?”

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“The Once and Future Exodus”

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“Kashrut: Eating As an Act of Choosing Life”

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“Purity-Impurity: A Code of Life and Death”

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“Partners With God”

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“A Torah to Live By”

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“Judaism’s Utopian Vision of Universal Equality”

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Bemidbar

“The Limits of Numbers”

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“From God, With Love”

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“A Tale of Three Menorahs”

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“Mediating Between the Divine and the Human”

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“The Truth About Power and Divine Service”

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“Understanding the Mystifying”

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“Prophetic Pluralism”

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“The Chain of Life”

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“Not the Vision, But the Journey”

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Devarim

“Moses’ Narrative – And Ours”

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“When Exodus Replaces Creation (Or Not)”

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“The Great, Mighty, and Awesome God Isn’t What S/He Used to Be”

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“What Can We Learn from the War On Idolatry?”

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“Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue”

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“The Travesty of Agunot”

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“The Age of Chastisement Is Over”

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“Choose Life”

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“Renewing the Covenant”

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“Resurrection as a Core Tenet of Judaism”

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“Simchat Torah – A Creation of the Jewish People”

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