On the heels of having served on faculty at Camp Kalsman last week of the many guidelines given in Torah…
Two Minutes of Torah
In my estimations, there are three priorities of the Torah: the priestly, the military, and the agricultural. The role of…
Words matter. In our tradition, it is through speech that worlds are created, through speech that blessings and curses are…
When I meet with our wonderful students who are preparing for their Bar, Bat, or B Mitzvah, I always enjoy…
Shalom; hello, goodbye, peace, complete wholeness—a remarkable word that conveys so much more than just a few letters in two…
This week in Torah, the Israelites have left the kvetching behind. We are learning many lessons along this journey through the…
A translation of the title for our parsha this week is Laws (of the Torah). It begins with directions for…
In Numbers 13, the spies return with their grim but exaggerated report from the Land of Israel. Though the country…
In this week’s portion, Moses faces a challenge from the least likely of quarters: his siblings, Miriam and Aaron. They…
In the Midrash Pirkei Avot 3:17, we learn “ein kemach, ein Torah; ein Torah, ein kemach”— “If there is no…