Curious things, legal codes. On the one hand, they give us a sense of what the culture or society that…
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Our ancient rabbis teach in Pirkei Avot, the Sayings of our Ancestors, that it is not our responsibility to finish the…
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, in an essay on the Jewish approach to suffering, writes that community may coalesce in two ways….
Parashat Naso, the second in the Book of Numbers, features at its core the Birkat Cohanim, the Priestly Blessing. “May…
Parashat Tetzaveh speaks in some detail — some excruciatingly meticulous detail — about the garments to be worn by the…
The Journey, and Not the Destination This oft-utilized but incisive axiom finds, perhaps, its origins in this week’s Torah portion,…
We know the story, or at least, we know the major detail: God speaks to Moses from a Burning Bush….
Pharaoh was, fortunately for the early Hebrews, not a brilliant military strategist. He recognized the threat that a numerous population…
Reveals and Refocuses For most of us who follow the Torah reading and holiday cycle, the serendipity of intersecting messages…
Jacob settled, vayeishev, is a telling title for the name of our Torah portion this week. Jacob, now interchangeably known…