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Hearing the Unheard (P. Vayishlah)

11/30/2025

 
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Sometimes received religious traditions fail to hear the voice of suffering.  Even worse, received traditions can suppress the voice of suffering. 

It happens because every religion, by definition, titrates high principle through inherently limited and flawed human capacity. 

What is our duty in response?

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Rational Spirituality Beyond Belief (P. Toledot)

11/16/2025

 
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Believers might readily embrace the spiritual prospect of asking God a question and receiving a response (whether with a knowing or feeling beyond self, or an inner sense within).

But how about disbelievers?  In a rational world of left-brain logic, can suffering and brokenness drive a rational response that is spiritual?  Indeed they can, and the source is poignant.

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The Courage to Buck the Patriarchy (P. Bereishit)

10/12/2025

 
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The Torah Cycle begins again.  As our ancestors have done for thousands of years, the turning of Torah's scroll aims to teach us partly by eliciting our questions.

But for many centuries, one question apparently was too dangerous to the patriarchy for most to ask – which is why we must.

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