Rabbi Nehemia Polen, Author at Hebrew College

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Community BlogA Reflection on “Sholem Velt der Gantser”

Deuteronomy No Double Standards: Parashat Ki Tetzei (Deuteronomy 21.10-25.19)

Toward the end of this week’s parsha, the Torah tells us that you should not h...

Exodus The Virtuous Circle of Ethical Sensitivity

Parashat Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18 The set of community regulations collected...

Pluralistic Perspectives Chanukah Means Accepting All that is Offered

“I dwell in possibility,” Emily Dickinson once wrote. On Chanukah, the festi...

Exodus Seeking God’s Presence in the Sukkah (Shabbat Chol ha-Mo’ed Sukkot, Exodus 33:12-34:26)

Our Torah reading this week, for the Shabbat during Sukkot, is surely one of the...