Connected from a Distance
After describing the type of leprosy that makes a person a metzora, the Torah describes some of the relevant rules…
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The Long Road To Jerusalem
The song that Moshe and the Jewish people sang at the sea is roughly divided into two parts. The first…
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Jerusalem – The Conclusion Of All Our Prayers
In the Ashkenazi tradition, the final stage of the Seder – Nirtzeh – opens with a the prayer/song of “Next…
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The Long and Steady Path Back To Jerusalem
The haftorah for Shabbat HaGadol is the last chapter of Malachi. As Malachi was the final prophet and this was…
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Praying Alone But With The Community
The beginning of the book of Vayikra deals with the laws of sacrifices. God’s first words to Moshe in this…
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Unity Through Social Distancing: A Lesson From Jerusalem
Our parsha opens with Moshe gathering all of the Jewish people to teach them about Shabbat and then about the…
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Fetishism, The Golden Calf and Jerusalem
Commentators struggle to locate the root of the Jewish people’s precipitous fall from the heights of the Giving of the…
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Tasting the Good of Jerusalem
The end of our parsha returns us to the scene of the Jewish people’s preparation for the Giving of the…
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The Capital of Human Torah
There are many ambiguities in the Torah’s description of the events leading up to the Giving of the Torah. One…
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The Despair of Jerusalem
Towards the end of this weeks parsha Moshe follows Hashem’s orders and approaches Paraoh with a message that he should…
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