Torah Commentaries

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Archive of Beliefnet's Weekly Torah Commentaries

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Who Needs a New Torah Commentary?

Some are content to study Torah with only medieval commentary, but I felt it was time for a modern update.

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Daily Torah Reading, August 24, 2002

Deuteronomy 29:1-29:8

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Read Out the Old, Read in the New

As the 7½-year Talmud study cycle ends with a global celebration, Jews are joining the next round in a host of new media.

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'These Are the Words...'

I embraced Judaism by choice, and now I'm tackling the greatest challenge of my faith: Chanting Torah before the congregation.

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Simchat Torah: Love at First Sight

On Simchat Torah, Mary Blye Howe celebrates what Torah means to her and the Jewish community.

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Archive: Judaism

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Passionate Prayer

Judaism provides the framework for serving God; it is up to us to provide the heart and soul

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Tread Not Too Far, Yet Not Too Close

What we can learn from the death of Aaron's sons--the only narrative amidst the litany of laws in Leviticus

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Scholarly Smackdown:
Did Paul Distort Christianity?

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