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Rabbanit Sally Mayer

Articles by Rabbanit Sally Mayer

Why Do We Go to Extremes?

Parshat Naso describes the option to become a nazir, prohibiting oneself from drinking wine (and even eating grapes!), cutting one’s hair and participating in the

When the Students Surpass the Teacher

In Parshat Pekudei, the Mishkan finally comes together. The Jewish people invested greatly in this holy project, donating precious gems and materials, fashioning the beautiful

Bringing Them Home

Sometimes it feels like the parsha is talking directly to us about our situation today. Who can read Yehuda’s impassioned plea to release Binyamin without

Reasons to Remember

What makes us forget Hashem and His place in our lives? In this week’s parsha, the Torah says that we run the risk of forgetting

Refusing to Be Comforted

This week we prepare for Tisha B’Av, the day we mourn the loss of the Beit Hamikdash and many other tragedies we have endured as

And Counting

In Parshat Kedoshim we read of the mitzvah of orlah: When we plant a fruit tree, we may not eat its fruits for the first

Always There

Which verse in the Torah summarizes what Judaism is all about? A midrash quoted in the Ein Yaakov offers several different answers to this question.