Rabbi Zelig’s Teachings
Send for Yourself and Transcend your Fears: Parsha Shelach-Lekha
Zelig Golden | 11 Sivan 5769 | June 3, 2009 In the parsha for this week, we confront the core obstacle of becoming who we are: fear. After a long journey, Moses and the recently [...]
Rewriting our Food Story for Today: Parsha Miketz
Zelig Golden | | 4 Tevet 5769 | December 31, 2008 Fourteen years ago I found myself in Costa Rica studying sustainable development with the School for Field studies. My time with Don Amadeo Acosta, [...]
Balancing Heaven and Earth: Parsha Va-Yetse
Zelig Golden | 8 Kislev 5769 | December 5, 2008 In Parsha Va-Yetse, Jacob goes out into the world in a way that neither Avram nor Yitzakh could. He is the first person we see [...]
Out of the Book, Onto the Land
Zelig Golden | 12 Elul 5768 | September 12, 2008 We were not always the people of the book. Our Hebrew ancestors were the people of the land. They lived by the cycles of the [...]
The Threshold of the Promise Land: Parsha Mase’ei
by Zelig Golden 3 Av 5768 | August 4, 2008 During this Shabbat of Parsha Mase'ei we celebrate Rosh Chodesh Av (The new moon of Av) and we confront a great paradox. The full summer [...]
On the Mountain, We Release: Parsha Be-Har
Zelig Golden | 11 Iyyar 5768 | May 16, 2008 In parsha Be-Har (“on the mountain”) we are given the agricultural law of Shemita, a Sabbath for the land. “Six years you may sow your [...]
God Fills the Entire World: Parsha Pekudei
Zelig Golden 2 Ayar 5768 | May 7, 2008 In parsha Pekudei, the Torah sums up the intricate details of God’s instructions for building the Mishkan, the tabernacle or temporary sanctuary that our people would [...]
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