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Library of Resources and Writings

The Neighborhood of the Binyanim

Tablet Magazine Articles

The Meaning of the Afikoman
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The future is in the hands of the children.
Lessons From Sodom and Gomorrah
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What happened in the ancient cities that drew the wrath of God?
​                        [The text of the midrash discussed in this article: Genesis Rabbah 49 #21]
What’s the Point of Passover?
Do today’s Seders exist to remember the past, or did past events occur so that they could be remembered later?
Unetanneh Tokef 
This High Holiday poem reminds us that we can change our own character, even if we cannot completely control our future.
                       [A note on translating the name of the poem as "Let us Cede Power"]
Kol Nidre’s Conundrum
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How can you enter a day of moral repair with words on your lips that annul your past and future promises?

Jewish Exponent Articles

​Devar Torah on Tsav (Leviticus)
Gratitude and Fear: A commentary on Dayenu!
​Devar Torah on Beha'alotechah (Numbers)
​Worldly Connections Help Ensure That Wisdom Will Always Flow
Devar Torah on Matot-Masei (Numbers)
​Living in Community Requires Ongoing Compromise
​Devar Torah on Devarim (Deuteronomy)
​Each Generation Reinterprets Torah

Book 

In This Hour: Heschel's Writings in Nazi Germany and London Exile
By Abraham Joshua Heschel
Edited by Helen Plotkin, foreword by Susannah Heschel, translated by Stephen Lehmann and Marion Faber
Read the review in the Jewish Review of Books

Passover Readings

Breaking the Middle Matzo 
​A reading for your Seder about the stack of three matzos and the afikoman.
Dayenu 
Fear and gratitude.

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