This year, the festival is extended to three days in walled cities – adding the day before and the day after – giving rise to ...

Approach the conversation with them, not at them. Show up with vulnerability. Be OK with saying, “I don’t know.” Acknowledge the difficulty of the text and use it as an opportunity to instill Jewish ...

The Ted Agnew of 1970 was neither anti-Zionist nor anti-Semitic. On the contrary, like most Nixon men, he shared an ...

Every morning, right at the start of our morning prayers, we say, “Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who ...

After the awe-inspiring revelation at Sinai in last week’s Torah portion, we might expect something equally transcendent to follow. Yet instead, we are met with a list of everyday laws – rules ...

The ninth weekly biblical reading in Exodus, Ki Tissa (30:11-34:35), tells us significant details about God, the Torah, and the Shabbat, revealing deep meaning and significance that should affect our ...

Parshat Yitro: Exodus 18:1-20:22; Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6. The verses immediately preceding the Decalogue Revelation at Sinai are curious, to say the least. God and Moses enter a dialogue that ...

Parshat Terumah: Exodus 25:1-27:19; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16; II King 12: 1-17. Exactly as I show you … so shall you make it.” Found at the beginning of this week’s parshah, this ...