Parsha
Parashat Bo: Jeremiah’s timeless promise to Israel
Empires crumble, pain persists, yet Israel survives; Jeremiah’s words offer reassurance across generations.
Jacob’s warning: Enthusiasm without restraint threatens a nation - opinion
When brothers reunite: Ezekiel’s prophecy and Israel’s deepest divide
Art and Torah: A molten menorah and the power of light from darkness
Parshat Shmini: The honey and the sting
The deeper lesson of the Torah’s teaching is not that one must have tragedy at the very moment of triumph, but that everything contains its opposite.
Parshat Shmini: Purity of the soul, restraint and humility
Kashrut is a significant part of Jewish identity. The basic principle of kashrut is that what a person puts into his body affects not only his physical health but the purity of his soul as well.
Parashat Vayikra: New understandings of ancient practices
With this particular book of the Bible, its focus on the sacrificial system becomes a stumbling block for many trying to derive meaning from its text.
Hand, mouth or mind
There are ways to convey God's blessing even without touching.
Parashat Vayikra: ‘But I didn’t mean it!’
Four reasons, two medieval and two modern, that will help us understand something deep about the Torah and our tradition.
Parashat Vayikra: Standing before God
By offering a sacrifice, a person expresses the maximum nullification he can feel: giving life to God.
The Golden Calf Sin: How did it really happen?
Ceremonial transitions of power and authority of an elite might be two lessons learned from the events of the Golden Calf.
Parashat Ki Tisa: Why break the tablets?
By smashing the tablets, Moses was making a declaration to all of Israel: Even the handiwork of God, which you might think of as inviolable, is nonetheless just another thing.
Parashat Ki Tisa: Sin, compassion and leadership
It is not difficult to imagine the depths of Moses’s disappointment, frustration and torment.
Parashat Mishpatim: The soul and the law
We went from philosophy to the budget.
