Arnold Eisen, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary (the Conservative Movement’s rabbinical school), teaches that the Book of Leviticus, which…
Two Minutes of Torah
There is a common misconception that art was not an historic part of the ancient Israelite, and indeed, Jewish worship…
“Today I am a man; tomorrow I return to the 7th grade” goes the classic joke about religious maturity occurring…
Nestled within Parshat Tetzaveh, amidst detailed descriptions of the priestly garments we find a tantalizingly occult relic from the priesthood:…
“God spoke to Moses saying: ‘Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from…
Mishpatim, the rules laid out in this week’s appropriately-named Torah portion, are those commandments that inherently make sense, that come…
Metaphor abounds in our Torah; there is no shortage of poetic language used to describe God, God’s relationship with us,…
Imagine the scene: you’ve just left Egypt with all of your belongings on your back, surrounded by everyone you know,…
Why do we drink four cups of wine during our commemoration of Passover? A historian might point out the parallels…
Why do we drink four cups of wine during our commemoration of Passover? A historian might point out the parallels…