Parshat Naso is the longerst parsha in the Torah, ... found on amulets buried at Ketef Hinnom and now on display at the Israel Museum which has authenticated them as from the 6 th century BCE.

The Jewish congregation, located in uptown Harrisburg, kicked off a fundraising and community-building initiative on Sunday that includes the inscribing of a new Torah scroll.

It is in Genesis 27 that Isaac is preparing to pass the torch of Jewish leadership to his son, Esau — who, as the Torah makes clear, is entirely unfit for the role. His twin brother, Jacob ...

The Long Island firefighter who saved a sacred Sefer Torah from a burning Chabad on Wednesday said he was no “super hero” and was just doing what he was trained to do.

Firefighter Michael Farca braved heavy smoke and flames to rescue a Torah scroll from the burning Chabad of Greenvale synagogue, located in the basement of a multi-tenant building on Northern Blvd ...

The Torah was given in the wilderness, in a swirl of smoke and fire. According to a midrash , God chose to give the Torah in the middle of nowhere precisely so that no landowner or sovereign could ...

We unpack the roots of draft exemption granted by David Ben Gurion, the philosophy behind the "Torah Dome," and the fierce cultural battle between Haredi and non-Haredi Israelis.

Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley marked the start of its Torah, Ruach, Limmud Campaign with a Torah writing celebration weekend from April 3 to 6. The events included Torah writing sessions ...

Our Torah portion begins with the story of Jethro [a priest of Midian], father-in-law of Moses, who, after hearing about the splitting of the Red Sea and the war against Amalek, decided to join ...

For example, when discussing the two signs that distinguish kosher animals (split hoofs and chewing cud), the Torah specifies all the animals that have only one of the signs (Vay. 11:1-8).

What a remarkable Torah rescued from Iran — then LA’s fire — can teach about community amid devastation A scroll from Iran bears witness to enduring Jewish community ...

When it came time to choose the text on which she would be sworn into the U.S. Senate, Elissa Slotkin turned to a relatively recent book that reflects her own identity as a Jewish woman.