A Growth Oriented City
In its list of sin-offerings, the Torah has a unique introduction. Instead of beginning with the usual contingent situation of…
Read MoreIn its list of sin-offerings, the Torah has a unique introduction. Instead of beginning with the usual contingent situation of…
Read MoreAn observant Jew washes his or her hands many times throughout the day: upon waking up in the morning, before…
Read MoreIn the beginning of the celebratory song sung by the Jewish people on the shores of the Yam Suf, they…
Read MoreThe holiday of Chanukah revolves around the fire and light of our Menorahs. Generally, light is understood to be a…
Read MoreThis week’s parsha begins with an anomaly. God appears to Avraham who is sitting by at the entrance of his…
Read MoreThe Torah opens with God creating the world. One would think that God’s creation would be perfect, an ideal setting…
Read MoreThe beginning of the book of Vayikra deals with the laws of sacrifices. God’s first words to Moshe in this…
Read MoreCommentators struggle to locate the root of the Jewish people’s precipitous fall from the heights of the Giving of the…
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