In Vayishlach, this week’s Torah portion, the third patriarch’s name gets changed during a famous encounter. Or does it?
As we consider this week's Torah portion, we might also consider our own situations as present-day custodians and witnesses of God’s covenant promises.
This week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, deposits us into the dramatic ongoing narrative of Jacob’s life, as he prepares to ...
Explore the significance of Jacob's dream in the Torah portion Vayetze, featuring the intriguing stairway to heaven.
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A call to action: Talk about Dina’s rape

The right words can change a survivor's life and silence can harm, so address the horror that was done to Jacob's daughter, ...
Do we have the resolve to look past the opinions of others and seek the core truth of every person and situation?
Whether the Jew is wealthy or poor, mighty or weak, it seems we face our troubles in isolation. Not during the Holocaust, not ...
This week we begin the last book of the Torah, which goes by two different names: Deuteronomy, or “second telling,” and D’varim, literally, “words.” Israel’s ground war against Hamas, its primary ...