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    • Genesis
      • Beresheet – Beginning
      • Noach – The Doorkeeper
      • Lech Lecha – Hope and Longing
      • Vayera – On compassion
      • Chayei Sarah – A plot of land
      • Toldot – Missing ancestral prayers
      • Vayetze – Rachel’s wish and the surrogate
      • Vayishlach – Close encounters
      • Vayeshev – Nature or Nurture?
      • Miketz – Mind the gap
      • Vayigash – Hard knocks life
      • Vayehi – Promising and blessing at the end
    • Exodus
      • Shemot – Watching and waiting
      • Vaereh – So many names for God
      • Bo – To release us all
      • Beshalach – Epic Emancipation
      • Yitro – Perceiving Godliness*
      • Mishpatim – Guidance
      • Terumah – Sacred Space
      • Titzaveh – Fruition
      • Ki Tisa – Test of resolve
      • Vayakhel – Providing for others
      • Pekudei – The Cloud Descending
    • Leviticus
      • Vayikra – Instruction manual
      • Tzav – Paths to Leadership
      • Shemini – Rushing back in time
      • Tazria – Solitary
      • Metzora – Science or curiosity
      • Acharei Mot – Sins banished
      • Kidoshim – Worthiness
      • Emor – Celebrations
      • Bahar – Dreams of Utopia
      • Bechukotai – Compliance or Defiance
    • Numbers
      • Bamidbar – Daughters of Israel
      • Naso – Words of comfort
      • Behaalotecha – Electric with vitality
      • Shlach Lecha – Stormy whispers
      • Korach – Caution
      • Hukat – Team players missing
      • Balak – Masks of thespians
      • Pinchas – Speak out against injustice
      • Matot – On oaths and pledges
      • Masei – They journeyed…
    • Deuteronomy
      • Devarim – Are we ready?
      • Va-etchanan – Meditation and Revelation
      • Eikev – Terms of Devotion
      • Reeh – Pathfinding
      • Shoftim – Future concern
      • Ki Tetzeh – From Powerless to Empowered
      • Ki Tavo – The Cosmic/Earthly Dream
      • Nitzavim – Feast of Words
      • Vayelech – It All Depends On Her
      • Haazinu – Out on our own
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