Parsha:

Pinchas 

Description

We live in a time of paradox, when contradictory impulses pull at us with such force that it is a wonder that the center can hold... Even as Jewish learning exists on a level than ever before known, the degree of Jewish ignorance and secularization is astounding... More commitment. More defection. More hope. More crisis. In Parashat Pinchas we learn of Pinchas' zealotry. When he killed Zimri and Kosbi, a great controversy was unleashed among the people. Were his actions correct? Were they murderous? Ultimately we learn that his zealotry was correct, as God rewarded him...