Jewish Stories – Sam Blustin

The Talmud in Masechet Pesachim debates when participants should recline during the Passover seder. One position argues reclining…

April 15, 2019

Torah: To Live In Israel Until the morrow of the seventh week, you shall count fifty days, and…

May 1, 2016

Torah: What Seeds Have You Planted? When you shall come into the Land, and you shall plant all…

April 24, 2016

“Go and learn what Lavan the Aramean wanted to do to our father Jacob” When we tell the…

April 22, 2016

Torah: What Does It Mean To Be Shalem? One of the sacrifices which the Torah expands upon in…

April 3, 2016

Torah: Humbling the Self Before the Other It’s no secret that this world is becoming more and more…

March 18, 2016

Torah: The Two Realms of Community Building Last week, I participated in a trip with Perspectives, an organization…

March 4, 2016

Torah: Higher and Higher The Lord said to Moshe, “Go, ascend from here… to the Land that I…

February 26, 2016

Torah: Words Matter Parshat Tetzaveh reads more like a fashion magazine or manual than a typical Torah story.…

February 19, 2016

Torah: When The Trees Were Martyrs “The political, economic and cultural welfare of the Arabs will thus always…

February 12, 2016