Rather, as parashat “Kedoshim” makes clear, “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy” (Leviticus 19:2). Holiness ...

The days between Pesach and Shavuot invite reflection, as Rabbi Akiva teaches that loving others is central to receiving the ...

Not all hardened hearts are loud. Some are sharp but polite. Some are wrapped in concern. Some arrive at the family table smiling while quietly tightening control. Parashat Va’era tells us that ...

The scene the prophet depicts as one that shows that Redemption is here is so familiar in today’s Jerusalem that we don’t ...

In the final scene of “The Graduate,” as the giddy runaway lovers Elaine and Benjamin take their seats at the back of a bus, we are plunged into a moment of sudden stillness that interrupts the ...

In Parashat Vayishlach, Ya’akov is returning home. Twenty years earlier, he tricked his father, stole the blessing from his brother, Esav, and ran away. For 20 years he has held onto the hope that, ...

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When we read the weekly Torah portion Shemini, we encounter not only the theme of the laws of kashrut, but also a deeper conversation about the human being, about animals, about boundaries, about ...

Parashat Chukkat opens with G-d’s final Mitzvah to the generation of the Exodus, the Mitzvah of the Red Cow (Numbers 19), about a year and a half after the Exodus. The next verse continues: “The ...