The Deuteronomist, whether a person or a school of thought, added some fire and brimstone into this last parasha of…
Two Minutes of Torah
Gratitude. A caution against over-reliance on personal merit and the resulting ego. An early look at privilege and power in…
A sofer, a scribe of Jewish texts including Torah scrolls, mezuzzot, tefillin texts and more, has a difficult job. Not…
“You shall be Holy, for I, the Lord your God, am Holy.” Thus begins this week’s parashah, Kedoshim, the modern-day…
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…