Check back every Tuesday to read insightful and thought-provoking commentary from our faculty on the weekly Torah portion. Each issue of Torah Sparks includes the following:

• D’var Torah – Original interpretations on the weekly Torah Portion by the CY’s Mid-Atlantic Faculty-in-Residence, Bex Stern Rosenblatt.
• Insights from Hassidut – Video by faculty member Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein, whoshares Hassidic insights on the parashah or calendar.
• The Halakhah in the Parashah – Rabbi Joshua Kulp reflects on how the Parashah relates to Halakhah as we practice it today. Alternating weeks.
• White Fire: Poetry on the Parashah – Ilana Kurshan,  CY faculty member and award-winning author of “If All the Seas Were Ink,” tries to illuminate the white fire of Torah – the midrashim, stories, and interpretations that carve out the negative space of the letters and give them shape. Alternating weeks.

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