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Where Torah meets the fire, and we dare to ask anyway.

Some people are drawn to the sweetness of tradition.

Others are lit up by the hard questions - the ones that burn quietly in the back of our minds, that challenge what we think we know about Judaism, identity, and God. This space is for those questions.

The Sneh – Burning Issues is where we turn aside and step closer, even if it gets uncomfortable. Here we take on topics that others avoid, not to scandalise or sensationalize, but because they, too, are Torah - if approached with honesty, humility, and a refusal to look away.
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These are the questions that smoulder.

The bush is burning - but it is not consumed.
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  • Home
    • About the Author and this website
    • Support TTC
  • Parsha
    • Breishit/Introduction >
      • Breishis 1: Adam vs HaAdam
      • Breishis 2: The Sneaky Snake
      • Noach
      • Lech Lecha
      • Vayera
      • Chayei Sarah
      • Toldos
      • Vayetze >
        • Vayetze 2 - Gap Year(s)
      • Vayishlach
      • Vayeshev
      • Vayigash
      • Mikeitz
      • Vayechi
    • Shemot/Introduction >
      • Shemos
      • Bo
      • Va'eira
      • Beshalach
      • Yisro
      • Mishpatim
      • Terumah
      • Tetzaveh
      • Ki Tisa
      • Vayakhel
      • Pekudei
    • Vayikra/Introduction >
      • Vayikra
      • Tzav
      • Shemini
      • Tazria
      • Metzora
      • Achrei Mot
      • Kedoshim
      • Emor
      • Behar
      • Bechukosai
    • Bamidbar/Introduction >
      • Bamidbar
      • Nasso
      • Beha'aloscha
      • Shelach Lecha
      • Korach
      • Chukas
      • Balak 1: Bila'am Character >
        • Balak 2: Holiness Begins at Home
        • Balak 3 Be Here Now
      • Pinchas 1: The 17th of Tammuz >
        • Pinchas 2 Bnot Tslafchad
      • Matos
      • Masei
      • Matos/Masai
    • Devarim/Introduction >
      • Devarim
      • Va'eschanan
      • Eikev
      • Re'eh
      • Shoftim
      • Ki Seitzei
      • Ki Tavo
      • Netzavim 1: Roots >
        • Netzavim 2:
      • Vayeilech
      • Ha'azinu
      • V'zos Haberachah
  • Holidays
    • Pesach >
      • Intro to the Haggada
      • The Magid Magi
      • 10 Minute Haggadah
      • Operation: Freedom! Pt 1
      • Operation: Freedom! Pt 2
      • Just Say "Know"
      • Matza vs Chometz
    • Lag B'Omer
    • Shavuos
    • Tisha B'Av
    • Elul
    • Rosh HaShana >
      • Experience of God vs Belief
      • Enjoying the Days of Awe
      • What it Means to be Good
      • Three Books Are Opened
      • Independent Thought and Freewill
      • Malchios, Zichronos, Shofaros
      • In the Image of God
      • Rosh Hashana on Shabbos
      • R.H./Y.K. = Your Annual Strategic Plan
    • Yom Kippur >
      • Permission to Cry
      • About Face - Teshuva and Viduy
      • About Face Pt 2
      • About Face Pt 3
      • The Power of Prayer
    • Sukkos >
      • Sukkot and Chuppah
      • Shemini Atzeret - Wholly Love
    • Chanukah
    • Purim >
      • Arba Parshios
      • Shekalim
      • Parshat Zachor
      • Parshat HaChodesh
      • Parshas Parah
  • Videos
  • Music
    • Baked Turtle on the 1/2 Shell >
      • Sudden Love in Netanya
      • Let the Fear Go
      • Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbos
      • Wide Open Spaces
      • Kol HaOlam Kulo
      • End The Exile
      • Shabbos Blessing
      • Melech Elyon
      • Standing in Sunlight
      • Al Naharos Bavel
      • Acheinu (Free Gilad)
      • Mizmor L'David
      • Vayomer David el Gad
    • String Theories >
      • Jake
      • Good Is Life
      • ETA
      • Wilmer and Taff
      • The One Who Loves You
      • Barney Pivnick
      • Phillip Nurit and Maya
      • Open the Door Jerome
      • Even S. Is an Angle
    • Blue Turtle >
      • Soul Thestral
      • Could I be Your Man
      • Door To My Heart
      • Holding on to You
      • You Walk This Way Anyway
      • Down Cycle
      • We All Fall Down
      • Voice Inside My Head
      • The Life We're Given
    • Turtle and Friends >
      • Dirty Saturday Night
      • Leaving Early Morning
      • Lamb's Tale
      • Send Us Awakened
      • Walking Eons
  • TTC University
  • Other Platforms
  • The Jewish Star of David