Jews lived in Spain for a very, very long time, possibly from as early as Biblical times. The first…
Korach: A Beautiful Tallit
Tzizit and Mezuzah are two of the most popular and easy to fulfil mitzvot.…
Shelach Lecha: You Can Quote Me
Great people are not afraid to put their name behind their convictions. “And Calev quieted…
Beha'alotcha: We Need You
“Moshe said to his father-in-law, ‘We are now on our way to the place that G-d promised to us. Come…
Shavuot: A New Torah
“Every day they [the mitzvot of the Torah] should be like new”. With the exception of Coca-Cola, we…
Naso: Confession
The Torah was given to us on at least two occasions. The first revelation, just weeks after the…
Bamidbar: Laying the Foundation
Sefer Bamidbar can be viewed as a book of missed opportunities. A small group of Jewish slaves…
Bechukotai: Toiling in Torah
“These are the things that one eats the fruit of in this world and the principal remains in the…
Behar: G-d and Man
We tend to categorize mitzvot as either mitzvot between man and G-d or mitzvot between man and man…
Emor: A Holiday Treat
“And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your…
Kedoshim: Look at the Context
While facts do not lie, they often do not tell the whole truth. Facts are facts but facts still…
Acharei Mot: From Pesach to Yom Kippur
“And G-d spoke to Moshe after the death of the two children of Aharon when they came close before G…
Pesach: A Second Chance
Jewish life is all too often rather chaotic. Yet Pesach and Yom Kippur, the two central holidays of…
Pesach: What Should We Read
It is hard to argue that there is a more impactful and important rabbinic decree than that of …
Pesach: Why Eat Matza
“Rabban Gamliel would say: Anyone who does not say these three things on Pesaḥ has not fulfilled…
Metzora: Time for a Haircut
Judaism teaches that everything has the potential for holiness; after all everything in this world…
Tazria: A Sin Offering?
There is no greater joy than having a child. From a religious perspective, bringing new life into…
Shemini: Seeking the Middle
“Moshe then inquired, darosh darash, about the goat of the sin offering, and it had been…