The Torah is a Mirror
May 31, 2024
“There are plenty of other texts in the Torah that we would also prefer to ignore, reject, explain away. As modern Jews,what do we do with sacred text that does not resonate with our values?” asks Rabbi Samantha Natov as we look ahead to Shavuot. “We wrestle with Torah. It documents the best and worst of us. It shows us what we are capable of — and sides of ourselves we would prefer not to see…”