וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה׃ And so this was the life of Sarah: One hundred years, and twenty years, and seven years; two lives…
Two Minutes of Torah
How do we greet the unknown? For many of us, our world is filled with the unknown. We do not…
The Knight of Faith Parshat Lech L’cha winnows down the early Torah chapters from a mythic overview of early humanity…
Maybe it’s because I am currently in the “parent of a young child” stage of life, but these days, I…
בראשית ברא אלהים את־השמים ואת־הארץ These five words are the opening verse of the entire Torah. There is much debate…
“Never in his life had occasion to ask himself, “Why are things the way they are?” Why should he bother,…
A Time for Everything…As Yom Kippur recedes, could Sukkot be far behind? This Fall Festival aligns season and spirit in…
To What Are We Returning? The Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Shabbat Shuvah, is named for the Haftarah…
Standing on the Edge As the Jewish year comes to an end, our Torah portion Nitzavim describes a fitting parallel…
The Blessings of Behavior Modification From our youngest moments—and then certainly when we become parents—we experience and utilize behavior modification….