Shmita teaches that true blessing is found not in abundance, but in satisfaction, faith, and learning to focus on what truly ...

The days between Pesach and Shavuot invite reflection, as Rabbi Akiva teaches that loving others is central to receiving the ...

This week’s Torah portion is about mass fear, or better put, how to stave off mass fear. Mass fear makes people, and groups of people, think, say, and do irrational and destructive things. You ...

We count the Omer in order to emphasize the rise from the mentality of slavery to the enlightenment that we would realize at ...

The major part of our Torah portion, Mishpatim, raises important questions about Judaism, religion in general, ethics, and law. First, the nature of Judaism. Many of our philosophers have divided ...

Rabbi George Stern This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9 I have always resonated strongly with this week’s parashah (Torah portion), Shoftim. As... By Rabbah Arlene Berger ...

Our Torah portion, Emor, has the most detailed list in the Torah of the Jewish Festivals and other Holy Days. This Torah portion gives us the opportunity not only to study what the various holidays ...

The great Maya Angelou once wrote, “we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” But are we? Are our similarities strong enough to bridge the distance we often feel from our fellow man? On a ...

1. This week’s Torah portion is Ki Teitzei. This is the sixth Torah portion in the book of Deuteronomy. It is a continuation of Moshe Rabbeinu’s farewell address to the nation, but is also his ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a ...

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