Thousands of years after it was written, the Torah continues to inspire. It provides a weekly treasure hunt for its continuing gifts: surprisingly relevant life lessons conveyed through a strange marking in the Torah scroll, a small letter, a typo preserved on purpose; a whole chapter devoted to burning incense; a story about two sisters fighting over flowers. It poses complex questions laying around in plain sight, such as “What kind of omnipotent and omniscient God creates a world only to promptly decide to destroy it with the flood?”
As one of my teachers is fond of saying: “Studying Torah is not about there and then; it’s about here and now.” In that spirit, Talking Torah seeks to find spiritual relevance and resilience in this holy text.