Posts Tagged: Cohanim
We Must Work for Peace, Not Just Pray for It
The parsha of Naso seems, on the face of it, to be a heterogeneous collection of utterly unrelated items. First, there is the account of the Levitical...
Avoiding the Politics of Envy
Few things in the Torah are more revolutionary than its conception of leadership. Ancient societies were hierarchical. The masses were poor and prone to hunger and...
A Nation of Leaders
This week's parsha (Bible portion) consists of two episodes that seem to be a study in contrasts. In the first, in chapter 18, Yitro, Moses'...
On Parents and Teachers
Just beneath the surface of this week's parshah (Bible portion) is an exceptionally poignant story. It occurs in the context of Moses' prayer that God...
