Rabbi Levinsky Sermon: February 6
This week’s Torah portion, Yitro, gives voice to a core Reform Jewish conviction: Torah was never meant to be static. Even before Sinai, authority is shared, limits are named, and human judgment matters. The rabbis later imagine a Torah so expansive that even Moses cannot recognize its future forms—yet God still calls it “from Sinai.” Reform Judaism names this truth openly. Revelation continues through human moral insight, historical awareness, and informed choice. We honor tradition not by freezing it, but by engaging it honestly and responsibly. To be Reform is not to abandon Torah, but to trust it enough to let it grow with us.
