This parshah often gets read with another parshah, last week’s tazria. So much so that all of the commentaries in TQ AND on the Keshet...

TAZRIA (LEVITICUS 12:1- 13:59) This week’s parshah deals with cleanliness and purity (those might not/probably aren’t) perfect...

SHEMINI (LEVITICUS 9:1- 11:47) This week’s parshah has an interesting section that I was actually, weirdly, looking forward to reading...

TSAV (LEVITICUS 6:1- 8:36) Today we had our second meeting of our Trans/Nonbinary book club for my synagogue ( I am writing this a few...

VAYIKRA (LEVITICUS 1:1- 5:26) This week is the first parshah of Leviticus, and here we leave the “easier” to read books of Genesis and...

PEKUDEI (EXODUS 38:21–40:38) This is completely different that any of my ther posts, but I was thinking this week a lot about learning...

VAYAKHEL (35:1- 38:20) In this week’s parshah, basically we return to the construction of the Mishkan. Moses calls the people together...

KI TISA (30:11- 34:35) This week’s portion cover’s the Israelite’s building of the golden calf, Moses smashing the tablets, Moses leading...

TETZAVEH (EX 27.20 – 30.10) So this week’s portion gives long and detailed instructions detailing the ordination of the priests (Aharon’s...

“Let them make me a holy shrine That I may dwell amidst them.” (EX. 25.8) This week’s Torah portion begins a few weeks of soporific...

1/29/22 MISHPATIM (EXODUS 21.1- 24.18) I started a new job a few weeks ago. This doesn’t have anything to do with being queer, or the...

1/22/22 YITRO (EXODUS 18.1- 20.23) I learned only a few years ago that the weekly sections of the Torah are named for the first...

(1/15/22) BESHALACH (EXODUS 13:17- 17:16) This week we get a lot of the meat of the exodus story. We get the Israelites fleeing Egypt,...

(1/8/22) BO (EXODUS 10:1- 13:16) This parshah was my oldest daughter’s parshah for her Bat Mitzvah. I feel like she got one of the most...

VA-ERA (EXODUS 6:2 – 9:35) Reading the Women’s Torah Commentary this week reminded me EXACTLY why I am doing this. One of my favorite...

This week began the book of Exodus, and so so SO much happens in this portion its crazy. There is so much to say about this parshah...

In this parshah we read the conclusion of Genesis, the conclusion of the Joseph and Jacob story. It ends by focusing, mostly, it seems to...

VAYIGASH (GEN 44:18- 47:27) This week’s parshah opens with Judah (who, of course, is the brother who originally argued that they all sell...

MIKETZ (GEN 41:1- 44:17) Continuing this week with the Joseph story, this parshah begins with the Pharoah’s dreams and takes us right up...

VAYESHEV (GEN 37:1 -40:23) Despite the fact that this Torah portion is actually potentially one of the most interesting in the entire...