Rabbi Yosei says: Even when he can find a place to study Torah in Eretz Yisrael, he may leave the country and become ritually ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

Last week’s Torah portion recounts the story of the 12 spies sent by Moses to scout the Land of Israel. Their mission was ...

Like the Israelites, we can be paralyzed by fear, rather than boldly marching forward toward new possibilities.

Rashi’s commentary was so foundational that it was chosen as the very first Hebrew book to be printed with a date.

The spies feared that this transition to a mundane life would compromise their spiritual connection. In the desert, life was ...

Toward the end of the parasha, there is a mitzvah of ‘taking Challah,’ meaning separating part of the dough made from grain, and giving a part to the cohein, the priest. The sages say this is such an ...

The Torah is saying: What you do matters. The choices you make affect the world around you. Taken together, this double portion asks us to think big: about time, about land, about community and ...

Parshat Shemini: Leviticus 9:1-11:47; II Samuel 6:1-7:17. Parshat Shemini, the Torah portion following Passover, marks a pivotal moment: Moses and Aaron offer the first communal sacrifice on ...

“Thus God said to Israel: ‘I have given you a Torah from which I cannot part, and I also cannot tell you not to take it; but this I would request: Wherever you go, make for Me a house wherein ...