Zalman Posner

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An Environment Issue
By Zalman Posner
Why did Moses insist on the Jews serving G-d in the desert?
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Va'eira » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » An Environment Issue

The Darkness Within
By Zalman Posner
The darkness in Egypt was miraculous and inescapable; the darkness which lurks within is natural -- but can be dealt with.
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Bo » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » The Darkness Within

The Power of Revival
By Zalman Posner
The lunar calendar must have a special quality beyond its specific function, a pervasive characteristic to merit its beginning Jewry's service of G-d.
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Bo » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » The Power of Revival

Pharaoh's Contrition
By Zalman Posner
What lesson can we take from Pharaoh's promises to redeem the Jews and his subsequent reversals?
Parshah » Shemot - Exodus » Va'eira » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » Pharaoh's Contrition

Second Chances
By Zalman Posner
We may become strangers to Judaism, wandering on distant pathst. We may become spiritually defective, Jewishly impure, insensitive to the values and beauties of our faith. But we are not doomed to living apart from Judaism.
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Behaalotecha » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » Second Chances

A Fitting Antidote
By Zalman Posner
How do we take religion out of the once-a-week class? How does one acquire a feeling of (and for) religion? Where does one derive the strength to live by religious ideals, even in moments of weakness?
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Shelach » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » A Fitting Antidote

Leadership by Example
By Zalman Posner
Moses' is concerned about his successor in whose hands the future of Israel is to be entrusted. In his prayer Moses expresses the qualifications of Israel's leader in simple yet all-inclusive terms.
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Pinchas » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » Leadership by Example

Behind the Blessing
By Zalman Posner
Balaam blessed the Jews, praising the "goodliness of their tents." What was the malicious intent behind these words?
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Balak » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » Behind the Blessing

"Your brothers go into battle and you will sit here?"
By Zalman Posner
Moses' dismay at the request of several tribes to remain on the eastern bank of the Jordan is a powerful lesson in Jewish communal responsibility.
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Matot » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » "Your brothers go into battle and you will sit here?"

Journeys
By Zalman Posner
Our forty-year desert sojourn is a metaphor for our long national history of wandering. It also infuses us with hope and purpose.
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Massei » Parshah Columnists » Reflections on the Parshah » Journeys

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