Tetzaveh

All That's Gold Doesn't Glitter

By SHIMSHON STÜART SIEGEL

Let us reevaluate our perceived need for gold, and ask ourselves if the jewelry we buy truly reflects our values. As conscious Jews, we must start viewing our use of gold through the pure glimmer of the Cohen's golden head-plate, and be sure that we are adorning ourselves not just in splendor, but with honor and holiness.

Aaron's Holy Vestments and Communal Responsibility

By RABBI DOROTHY A. RICHMAN

We need to remind ourselves protest the ongoing genocide in Darfur through continued donations, letters, petitions, and self-education. Like the garments of the High Priest, issue bracelets can connect what our eyes see with what fills the heart and hands.

Justice, Peace and Truth

BY RABBI DAVID ROSENN

Bending the truth for peace.

Who Tells Our Tales

BY RABBI DAVID ROSENN

Mordecai and King Ahasuerus wrote accounts of the events surrounding Purim. Fortunately, so did Esther. Otherwise, on Purim we might be reading, not the Scroll of Esther, but the Scroll of Mordecai.

Shabbat Zachor

As we prepare for Purim, perhaps the most raucous and boisterous celebration of the Jewish calendar, we pause for Shabbat Zachor. It is on this Shabbat, preceding Purim that we recite the seemingly paradoxical commandment to remember Amalek and to wipe out the memory of this notoriously treacherous tribe.