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Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin
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<i>Shoftim</I>: Security and Sanctification
<I>Re'eh</I>: Ideologues of Non-Involvement
<I>Ekev</I>: The Majestic Grace After Meals
<I>Va'etchanan</I>: What Does it Mean to Fear G-d?
<I>Matot-Masei</I>: The Exile's Good Grazing Land
<I>Balak</i>: Standing Up, Alone
<i>Naso</I>: The Universal 10 Commandments
Shavuot: Reading the Scrolls
<I>Kedoshim</I>: Law-Observing Scoundrels
<I>Shemini</I>: No 'Strange Fire' at Havdalah
<I>Shabbat HaGadol</i>: Elijah's Faulty Faith
<I>Vayikra</I>: When a Leader Sins
<i>Vayak'hel-Pekudei</I>: A Faithful Repetition
<I>Tetzaveh</i> and Purim: Dressing Up
<i>Beshalach</I>: Finding Your <I>Bashert</I>
Parshat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)
<I>Shemot</I>: Civil Disobedience in the Torah
<i>Vayechi</I>: Our Grandfather's Blessing
<I>Miketz</I>, Light and Chanukah
<I>Vayeshev</I> and Hanukkah
<I>Vayishlach</I>: Jacob Returns to Isaac
<I>Vayetze</I>: A Mistaken Vow
<i>Toldot</I>: Jacob's Self-Deception
<I>Chayei Sarah</I>: Sarah's Greater Understanding
<I>Vayera</I>: The First Inverted "Marrano"
<I>Lech Lecha</I>: Marx, Spinoza, Freud and Abraham
<I>Noach</I>: The First Jew
<I>Bereishit</I>: I Speak, Therefore I Am
Sukkot: The Aravah and the Leviathan
Yom Kippur: Piercing the Veil
Rosh HaShanah: Unconditional Love
<I>Nitzavim-Vayelech</I>: The Woodchopper and the Water-Carrier
<I>Ki-Tetzei</I>: The Justice of Interest-Free Loans
<I>Shoftim</I>: Authentic Pluralism
<I>Re'eh</I>: A Singular Plurality
<I>Ekev</I>: A Song for the Land of Israel
<i>Vaetchanan</i>: A Universal G-d
<I>Matot-Masei</I>: Judging By Appearances
<I>Pinchas</I>: Jewish Power, Jewish Influence
<I>Balak</I>: Mysterious and Miraculous Survival
The Shavuot Jew
<I>Behar-Bechukotai</I>: Slavery and Indentured Servitude
The First Flowering of Redemption
<I>Shemini</I>: Fire-Water
Redemption and Optimism
Searching for the Wicked Child
<I>Vayak'hel-Pekudei</I>: Cherubic Love, Marriage and Sex
<I>Ki Tisa</I>: The Hidden Face of G-d
<I>Tetzaveh</I>: Carrying the Children of Israel
<I>Beshalach</I> and Tu BeShevat
<I>Vaera</I>: Grandfather's Words
<I> Sh'mot</I>: A Model for Moses