On Shabbat, we look beyond the veil of the “upside-down world” and see the deeper reality of the One.
I find the meanings I’m going to discuss here sufficiently compelling that were I to have a child with a penis, I would circumcise him/them, in spite of the important arguments on the other side.
At Sinai, all of Israel directs their hearts to one place — one Makom.
Torah, or more broadly, Jewish civilization, is a tool of awareness. It keeps us awake to the world around us and demands that we respond with holy consciousness.
Values-based decision-making is a process deeply grounded in Torah and Jewish modalities of conversation and choices.
