Middah Chart
Foreword
Alan Morinis, DPhil
Introduction
Rabbi Barry H. Block
Fine-Tuning Our Middot as a Spiritual Practice
Rabbi Lisa L. Goldstein
Acknowledgments
Genesis
B’reishit: Anavah
Rabbi Michelle Pearlman and Rabbi Sharon Mars
Noach: Tzedek
Rabbi Andy Kahn
Lech L’cha: Yirah
Rabbi Richard M.C. Kellner
Vayeira: Z’rizut
Rabbi Alexandria R. Shuval-Weiner, MEd, RJE, MAJS
Chayei Sarah: M’nuchat HaNefesh
Rabbi Jennifer A. Gubitz
Tol’dot: Emet
Rabbi Lisa L. Goldstein
Vayeitzei: Savlanut
Rabbi Daniel S. Alexander, DMin, DD
Vayishlach: Yirah
Rabbi Judith Lazarus Siegal
Vayeishev: Rachamim
Rabbi Barry H. Block
Mikeitz: Emunah
Rabbi Lisa D. Grant, PhD
Vayigash: Bitachon
Rabbi Ted Riter
Va-y’chi: Emet
Rabbi Brett R. Isserow
Exodus
Sh’mot: Ometz Lev
Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Va-eira: Anavah
Rabbi Joshua Mikutis
Bo: Kavod
Rabbi Nancy Wechsler
B’shalach: Bitachon
Rabbi Cantor Alison Wissot
Yitro: Emet
Rabbi Carol Glass, BCC, SD
Mishpatim: M’nuchat HaNefesh
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
T’rumah: N’divut
Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler
T’tzaveh: Anavah
Rabbi Leah Lewis, MAJS
Ki Tisa: Kaas
Rabbi Mari Chernow
Vayak’heil: Z’rizut
Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar
P’kudei: Emunah
Rabbi Cheryl Rosenstein, DD
Leviticus
Vayikra: N’divut
Rabbi David Jaffe
Tzav: Seder
Rabbi Nicole Auerbach
Sh’mini: Sh’tikah
Rabbi Jonathan Kraus
Tazria:Rachamim
Rabbi Lisa J. Grushcow, DPhil
M’tzora: Bushah
Rabbi Samuel J. Rose
Acharei Mot: Acharayut
Rabbi Peter B. Schaktman
K’doshim: Hakarat HaTov
Rabbi Eric S. Gurvis
Emor: Sh’vil HaZahav
Rabbi Marc Katz
B’har: Bitachon
Rabbi Marc Margolius
B’chukotai: Histapkut
Rabbi Marla Joy Subeck Spanjer, DD
Numbers
B’midbar: Seder
Rabbi Avi Fertig
Naso: Z’rizut
Rabbi Marcia R. Plumb
B’haalot’cha: Anavah
Rabbi Max Weiss
Sh’lach L’cha: Savlanut
Rabbi Sonja K. Pilz, PhD
Korach: Z’rizut
Rabbi Michal Shekel
Chukat: Chutzpah
Rabbi Jan Katzew, PhD
Balak: Kaas
Rabbi Harvey J. Winokur
Pinchas: Kaas
Rabbi Pamela Wax
Matot: Acharayut
Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz, PhD
Mas’ei: Tzedek
Rabbi Samuel L. Spector
Deuteronomy
D’varim: G’vurah
Rabbi Judy Shanks
Va-et’chanan: Emunah
Rabbi David Adelson, DMin
Eikev: N’divut
Rabbi Yair Robinson
R’eih: Kavod2 39
Rabbi Jen Clayman
Shof’tim: Tzedek
Justice Annabelle Imber Tuck
Ki Teitzei: Tzedek/Rachamim
Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Ki Tavo: Hakarat HaTov
Rabbi Andrea C. London
Nitzavim: Anavah
Rabbi Paul F. Cohen, DMin, DD
Vayeilech: Bitachon
Rabbi Debra Kassoff
Haazinu: Anavah
Cantor Chanin Becker
V’zot Hab’rachah: Emunah
Rabbi Judith B. Edelstein, DMin, BCC
Glossary
Contributors
Rabbi Barry H. Block serves Congregation B'nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas. A Houston native and graduate of Amherst College, Rabbi Block was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1991, and he received his DD, honoris causa, in 2016.
A member of the CCAR Board of Trustees, currently serving as vice president of organizational relationships, Block is the editor of
The Mussar Torah Commentary (CCAR Press, 2020), a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. He also contributed to several earlier CCAR anthologies, including
Inscribed: Encounters with the Ten Commandments,
The Sacred Exchange, The Sacred Encounter,
Navigating the Journey, and
A Life of Meaning: Embracing Reform Judaism's Sacred Path, and he is a regular contributor to the
CCAR Journal.
Rabbi Block currently serves as faculty dean at URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp, similar to a role he previously held for twenty-one years at URJ Greene Family Camp. He is a past board chair of Planned Parenthood of South Texas.