Torah Sparks
Welcome to Torah Sparks, a weekly Parashat HaShavua blog brought to you by the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Torah Sparks! Parshat Miketz 5782
In this week's Torah Sparks, you'll find a D'var Torah on the Parashah by Ilana Kurshan called "Glimmers of an Incandescent Light", Vered Hollander-Goldfarb poses questions titled "The Perfect Gift" and Bex Stern Rosenblatt writes about "Golden Bowls and Grand...
Torah Sparks! Parashat Vayishlach 5782
In this week's Torah Sparks, you'll find a D'var Torah on the Parashah by Ilana Kurshan called "The Struggles that Shape Us", Vered Hollander-Goldfarb poses questions titled "A Dotted Kiss" and Bex Stern Rosenblatt writes about "Compassionate Fantasies" in the...
Torah Sparks! Parashat Vayetzei 5782
In this week's Torah Sparks, you'll find a D'var Torah on the Parashah by Ilana Kurshan called "A Spiritual Exercise", Vered Hollander-Goldfarb poses questions titled "Dual Loyalty" and Bex Stern Rosenblatt writes about "Mostly Dead is Slightly Alive" in the Haftarah....
Torah Sparks! Parashat Toldot 5782
In this week's Torah Sparks, you'll find a D'var Torah on the Parashah by Ilana Kurshan called "The Blinding of Isaac: A Blessing in Disguise", Vered Hollander-Goldfarb poses questions titled "Let’s Eat to That!", and Bex Stern Rosenblatt writes about "Pushback" in...
Torah Sparks! Parashat Chayei Sarah 5782
Read “A Trail of Crumpled Papers on the Floor”, Ilana Kurshan’s D’var Torah on the parashah; find probing questions from Vered Hollander-Goldfarb in “Is It Safer To Attack God?”, and learn from Bex Stern Rosenblatt in “Understanding the Flood”. Click HERE to view...
Torah Sparks! Parashat Vayera 5782
In this week's Torah Sparks, you'll find a D'var Torah on the Parashah by Ilana Kurshan called "When Mercy Seasons Justice", Vered Hollander-Goldfarb poses questions titled "A Laugh That Hurts in The Belly", and Bex Stern Rosenblatt writes about "Passing it on" in the...
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 – Ilan Kurshan, CY faculty member and award-winning author of “If All the Seas Were Ink,” brings us Aggadic discussions tied to themes from the weekly parashah.
- Table Talk – Questions posed by faculty member, Vered Hollander-Goldfarb, to stimulate thinking and discussion on the Torah portion around the Shabbat table.
- D’var Haftarah – Original interpretations on the weekly Haftarah by the CY’s Mid-Adlantic Faculty-in-Residence, Bex Stern Rosenblatt.
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