Many of us find it hard to relate to the Torah portion of Vayikra. It focuses on a practice that is no longer in use today. We learn of various types of sacrifices and how they were to be fulfilled on ...
In a world that celebrates instant success and overnight transformation, the Torah offers a very different vision of ...
The prerequisite to understanding any story is answering the question: What is its genre? This might seem like an easy task, but it’s really not. Let’s say that someone gets offended by a joke. The ...
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but hard words stir up anger” (Proverbs 15: 1). “Gentle words bring life and health; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit” (Proverbs 15:4). RECENTLY, JEWS BEGAN ...
Congregation Beth Tikvah, located in Wantagh, welcomed in the new Hebrew School year on Monday, Sept. 9th. Rabbi Moshe Weisblum and Dalia Ross, the new Religious School Director, led a Torah lesson ...
After repeatedly denouncing and prohibiting the creation of statues, portrayals of the human form, or anything resembling idols—on pain of death—God issues an unusual command. In the construction of ...
Joseph's bones were taken with the Jews when they left Egypt, the start of a tradition that we do not move on without our heroes. And RRan Gvili, who parallels the martyrs of Beitar, will be buried ...
Seeing Torah, The quilt exhibition by Anita Rabinoff-Goldman is a stunning artistic interpretation of a verse from each of the Torah’s 54 portions done with fabric. The small quilts are a visual ...
(JTA) — Throughout President Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem this week, he has underscored the ways that he believes the United States and Israel are aligned. But in his remarks Thursday afternoon ...
The arson of a synagogue in Mississippi recalls incidents from the Torah and from throughout our history, writes.
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