Hanukkah—also spelled Chanukah, among other spellings—is the annual Jewish festival of lights that takes place in the winter. The eight-day festival sees families gather together to celebrate at home ...

It was during this week’s parshah, Shemini, that I first felt I had started to get a grasp of what Judaism is really all about (though I am still far from confident), what makes it distinctive from ...

Two, 4, 6, 8 … What comes next? Once you recognize this as a sequence of even numbers, counted by twos, then you know that the numbers 10 and 12 come next. Two, 3, 5, 7, 11 … What comes next? This ...

Toldot: A Story of Tension Toldot tells of Yitzchak and Rivkah, their children, and choices that shaped our destiny. Yitzchak ...

This week's Dvar Torah is by Rabbi Yeroham Simsovic,former Rav shaliach in Oxford (2006-2007) and is currently teaching at Yeshivat Horev in Jerusalem In the issue of Isaac’s blessings to his sons, ...

I had the privilege of speaking at the Prime Pesach program in Aspen, Colorado, and while there I got to know a beautiful contingent from the Jewish communities of Panama and Mexico. In my many ...

From the words of the prophet, we learned that the question of why the Land of Israel was destroyed is a difficult question that only God could answer. As it is said: “Who is the wise man, that he may ...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. Today we begin a two-part study exploring the Meaning of Light in the Old Testament, and next week the New ...