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.

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.

Author Leo Rosten defines the term “chutzpah” as “gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible ‘guts,’ presumption plus ...

And the other powerful passage from this week’s Torah portion will come true. “The ark of G-d’s covenant traveled ahead of them . . . to prepare for them a place of rest.

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 ...

The offerings in the Sanctuary Are substituted with daily prayers. The “Olah”, consumed completely by fire, Is a prayer to nullify ourselves.

Torah Shorts: Parshat Pekudei: Eternal, Divine Structure. By. Rabbi Ben-Tzion Spitz - 27 Adar 5785 – March 27, 2025. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

From the heights of Truth, Moses descends to say Come together to build a Sanctuary. Only when our conscience does resonate, We understand that a joint endeavour ...

This principle is derived from the verse in our weekly Torah portion: “If you see your enemy’s donkey collapsing under its load… you shall surely help him unload it” (Exodus 23:5).

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 ...