Torah Publications

We have published the following collections of essays and/or original tefillah, sometimes in partnership with other organizations. These readers reckon with the situation on the ground in Israel-Palestine through the lens of Jewish tradition.

(Views contained therein do not necessarily reflect the organizational view of Halachic Left.)

Time Lengthens for Us / כי ארכה לנו השעה: Our Chanukah supplement in collaboration with All That’s Left

Divrei Torah

Community members contribute divrei Torah from a progressive lens. If you would like your d’var Torah featured on our website, email us. Divrei Torah reflect the views of the individual(s) who write them.

Recent divrei Torah (starting in June 2025) can be accessed on our Substack; divrei Torah from before are below:

• Parshat Behar-Bechukotai by Abigail Allen

• Power to the People: Boycotts, Bans, and Economic Regulation to Prevent Exploitation (Parshat Tazria-Metzora) by Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein

• Halacha as the Divine Imagination by Laynie Soloman

• What to do in the midst of tragedy (Parshat Shemini) by Aaron Ocken

• Pesach 5785 by the Halachic Left Torah Team

• To Desire and Fear Justice (Parshat Tzav and Shabbat HaGadol)

• Parshat Vayakhel by Yavni Bar-Yam

• Agency or No Agency, That Is the Question (Parshat Ki Tisa) by Aaron Ocken

• Parshat Tetzaveh by the Halachic Left Torah Team

• The Mishkan and Beis HaMikdash: The Golden Age or the Age of Failure? (Parshat Terumah) by Yaakov Weiner

• Parshat Mishpatim by Eliana Padwa

• Parshat Yitro by the Halachic Left Torah Team

• Parshat Bo by the Halachic Left Torah Team

• Frogs Everywhere (Vaera) by Zackary Sholem Berger

• Parshat Shemot by Caroline Morganti

• Parshat Vayechi by Yonatan Kretzmer

• Parshat Vayigash: Looking Shame in the Face by Noam Weinreich

• Parshat Miketz: Facing Our Misdeeds by Abigail Allen

• The Only Winning Move is Not to Play: Cycles of Violence in Bereishit, Vayeshev 5785

• There’s a Riot Goin’ On: Talking about Violence and Power (Vayishlach) by R’ Aryeh Bernstein

• To Steal Away Their Idols (Vayeitzei) by the Halachic Left Torah Team

• On Parashat Toldot by Laynie Soloman

• Chayei Sarah: Making Peace Last by Ya’aqov Shenkin

• On Parashat Vayera by Jonathan Taubes

• On Parashat Lech Lecha by Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson

• God’s Evolution from Genocide to Justice (Noach) by R’ William Friedman

• “Your Blood Screams Out To Me”: The Undoing of God’s Creation (Bereshit) by the Halachic Left Torah Team

• The Tears of a Mother by Akiva Lichtenberg, Rosh Hashanah 5785

• Loving Peace and Pursuing Peace: Be Students of Miriam and Aaron, Parshat Chukat 5784

• On Yom Yerushalayim by Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson

• Love, Rebuke, and Accountability: What Does it Mean to Have to Love Other Jews? (Kedoshim 5784) by Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein

Shiurim

We regularly host shiurim from rabbis and community leaders. Here are source sheets and/or recordings from recent sessions.

• “Why Do We Fast on Tisha B’Av?” with Rabbi Leead Staller — recording — Tisha B’Av 5785 / August 3, 2025

• “Learning Torah Only from the Mouths of Angels: Torah from Morally Corrupted Sources” with R’ Lexie Botzum - recording; source sheet - November 21, 2024

• “Like All the Other Nations: Jewish Desires for (and against) Kings and Sovereignty” with Rosh Yeshiva Binya Kóatz - recording; source sheet - October 15, 2024

• “Love, Rebuke, and Accountability: What Does it Mean to Have to Love Other Jews?” with Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein (source sheet) - March 26, 2024