“You shall be Holy, for I, the Lord your God, am Holy.” Thus begins this week’s parashah, Kedoshim, the modern-day…
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The Right Approach The philosophy of teaching is integral in Judaism. God revealed a text to us, so refining the…
At it’s best, a close reading of our parsha suggests that we help those recovering from illness reintegrate into their communities; at it’s worst…
But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, still,…
“Any animal that has true hoofs, with clefts through the hoofs, and that chews the cud — you may eat.”…
Buried near the end of Parashat Tzav, amidst detailed descriptions of the priestly garments we find a tantalizingly occult relic from…
Have you every considered what happened to the twin tablets of the law that Moses broke in his anger at…
Isaac Abravanel, a 15th century scholar, reveals a cornerstone of Jewish life and practice through an insightful question about this…
I vividly remember the first time I encountered Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors.I couldn’t have been more than 15 or 16, and…
The Journey, and Not the Destination This oft-utilized but incisive axiom finds, perhaps, its origins in this week’s Torah portion,…