Marc KatzJuly 21, 2017Tisha B'av, Moses, Tribes, Reuben, Gad, Numbers Rabbah 22:9, Eicha Rabbah 4:14Comment Putting the Material Second (Parashat Matot - Maasei) One of the great follies throughout history is privileging property over people Marc KatzJuly 21, 2017Tisha B'av, Moses, Tribes, Reuben, Gad, Numbers Rabbah 22:9, Eicha Rabbah 4:14Comment
Marc KatzJune 30, 2017Meribah, Moses, Greek philosopher Heraclitus, hitting rockComment A Different River (Parashat Chukat) What does it mean to haunted by the trauma of a mundane object? Marc KatzJune 30, 2017Meribah, Moses, Greek philosopher Heraclitus, hitting rockComment
Marc KatzMarch 17, 2017Torah, Midrash, A Doll's House, Ibsen, Moses, God, Love, Sacrfice, Ki TisaComment Loving Through Sacrifice (Parashat Ki Tisa) Ibsen's A Doll's House teaches us that love and sacrifice often go together. Moses understood this as well, in his quest to save the Jewish people after they built the Golden Calf. Marc KatzMarch 17, 2017Torah, Midrash, A Doll's House, Ibsen, Moses, God, Love, Sacrfice, Ki TisaComment
Marc KatzJanuary 19, 2017Moses, bible, midrash, taskmaster, blasphemer, rape, Pirke D’rebbe Eliezer 48, Egyptian, Exodus Rabbah 1:28Comment Each Life is a Novel (Parashat Shemot) When Moses kills the Egyptian taskmaster it seems like nothing. However his character is rich and developed and his death matters to someone. Marc KatzJanuary 19, 2017Moses, bible, midrash, taskmaster, blasphemer, rape, Pirke D’rebbe Eliezer 48, Egyptian, Exodus Rabbah 1:28Comment
