Parashat Vayakhel Pekudei: Beyond Images

Imagination in the Service of God

Who is Bezalel? What is the nature of the creative energy that he represents?
We will study midrashic and psychoanalytic material.

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Torah as Poetry? Weekly Parashat HaShavua

In this series we will explore poetic dimensions of the weekly Parsha. What is the quality in the language of the Torah that elicits creative readings, from the time of the Sages to our day? Midrashic and Hassidic readings direct us back to their source in the biblical text and to its power to inspire human depth and religious faith.