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Yitro: All-night Revelation

Jacob is with IfNotNow NYC.

Yitro, this week’s parsha, marks the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. This moment, along with the liberation from slavery, is the most fundamental in Judaism. It is also the basis for modern festivals of Shavuot…


Korach: Trauma

Lex is with IfNotNow Providence.

“The entire congregation are all holy, and God is in their midst. So why do you raise yourselves above God’s assembly?”

Welcome to Parashat Korach. For some, this section of the Torah tells the story of God’s…


B’shalah: Be like Nachshon

Kelly Kossar is with IfNotNow Boston.

Jewish tradition describes several miracles, many of which are found in Prophets. Some of these include; Elijah who performed miracles like the raising of a widow’s dead son, Elisha who multiplied the poor widow’s jar…


Va’eira: Let my people go!

Jacob Friedman is with IfNotNow NYC.

This week’s Torah parsha is Va’eira, or “I appeared”, the first words that God speaks in the parsha. Va’eira begins that most memorable part of the Pesach Seder, the plagues. By the time the parsha ends, Pharaoh and the…