This is my fifteenth consecutive post connecting the parasha to Israel’s pro-democracy protests. The Torah contains two main systems of classification, one of which is central in this week’s double ...

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Sometimes a message conveys the inverse of what was intended. A man with a skin disease begged Jesus for help. Had he already done his ritual shout? Had he torn his clothing? Was he following the ...

Sometimes a message conveys the inverse of what was intended. A man with a skin disease begged Jesus for help. Had he already done his ritual shout? Had he torn his clothing? Was he following the ...