Religious Moderation in the Face of Extremism
Jul 14, 2012 By Marc Wolf | Commentary | Pinehas
The brutal sentence Pinhas was carrying out was one levied by God at the beginning of chapter 25, but we cannot begin to comprehend the emotional and spiritual trauma that resulted in executing, or even witnessing, this aggressive meting out of God’s justice.
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Comfort Food
Jun 25, 2013 By Abigail Treu | Commentary | Pinehas
When we go to help someone—in times of mourning, illness, or just a basic potluck pitch-in—do we give them what we need to give, or what they need of us? How are we to know, if we are not explicitly told, what will please, comfort, or help someone else the most? And the religious corollary to this line of thinking: do our answers change when it comes to bringing an offering to please or comfort not our friends, but God?
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Making Space for Life
Jul 10, 2015 By Joel Alter | Commentary | Pinehas
It’s not for nothing, this reputation God has for consuming anger. The Torah itself makes the case. Our parashah opens with yet another instance of God hovering at the brink. God is prepared to wipe us out in a rage over our incessant violations of the inviolable.
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Doing Violence for God
Jul 11, 2014 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Pinehas
What are we to think about Pinehas, son of Eleazar son of Aaron the high priest, after whom this week’s Torah portion is named?
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