Heavy Heart Parashat Va-eira conveys a lesson that is as theologically challenging as it is personally enlightening. Even before the…
Two Minutes of Torah
“And a new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.” Not that he forgot Joseph. Not that he…
Imagine for a moment: you’re an ancient Egyptian going about your business when suddenly you hear the bellowing sounds of…
Hanukkah is a festival of stubborn light, refusing despair. A festival that demands we hold a candle up to the…
Go, go, go Joseph! Yes, that’s right! This week our Torah begins the story of Joseph: favorite son of Jacob,…
“Listen up, God wrestlers!” is how we should probably translate the words, “Shema Yisrael !” This week we read the…
For most of this year, I’ve been sharing with our community—and continuously reminding myself—that, despite the many concerns in the…
There is a practice among cinephiles and foodies that is growing in popularity. Groups of people are hosting or attending…
When Isaac descended from Mount Moriah, still smelling of burnt wood and ram, he carried with him a silence too…
There’s a rabbinic idea that the righteous say little and do a lot, whereas the wicked say a lot and do nothing at…