It takes creativity to embrace an invisible God. It takes strength to worship a God who exists, who lives, but who does not “do.” ...

There are a number of midrashim (non-literal interpretations) that reflect the relationship between God and Israel as ...

This week’s Torah portion, Ki Tisa, provides us a powerful reflection on human nature, faith, and the psychological challenges we all face in our lives. The events surrounding the creation of the ...

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 ...

The first demand of the “people” was that the purportedly deceased Moses be replaced with numerous leaders. Perhaps they ...

An exploration into the meaning and significance of the cherubim (angels) that sat upon the Ark of the Covenant in the ...

Last week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, stands out because Moses’s name is absent—the only time from his birth until the end of ...

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 ...

THEY shall make an Ark’’- in plural, unlike the other utensils, which they are also commanded to make, but where the command is in the singular: ‘YOU shall make..’ - why?

Approach the conversation with them, not at them. Show up with vulnerability. Be OK with saying, “I don’t know.” Acknowledge ...

When I discovered incense, in the wilds of the Venice Beach Boardwalk, as a young man in, probably, the late eighties, I didn ...