The World-Changing Torah of Jerusalem
At the end of the Torah, when Moshe retells the story of the Giving of the Torah, he says as…
Read MoreAt the end of the Torah, when Moshe retells the story of the Giving of the Torah, he says as…
Read MoreThere is a war against the renewal of Jewish life in Jerusalem’s Old City and surrounding neighborhoods. In fact, there…
Read MoreShir HaShirim is a love song between God and the Jewish people. In one verse, God tells the Jewish people…
Read MoreThe opening verse of the parsha seems to indicate that once the Jewish people enter the Land of Israel they…
Read MoreWhen discussing the holiday of Sukkot, the Torah states that “you should take on the first day [of Sukkot] the…
Read MoreOur parsha opens with God’s charge to the Jewish people: “Be Holy!” What is the precise meaning of this mandate?…
Read MoreWith arab violence raging on the Temple Mount and increased attacks on Jewish worshipers walking through the Old City of…
Read MoreThe Jewish people left the Egypt in a haste. On the night of the first Seder they had to show…
Read MoreThis year, the first day of Pesach coincides with Shabbat. We are familiar from other holidays that this cooccurrence changes…
Read MoreThis Shabbat is an important step in our preparation for and march towards Pesach. Commemorating the miracle of the Jewish…
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