GROWING UP (Pinchas 5780)
What does it mean to grow up and become Bar Mitzvah?
WHO SPOKE? WHO HEARD? (Itro 5780)
A few questions and answers regarding the Revelation at Sinai and its significance in the history of the Jewish people.
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION (Ki Tavo 5779)
How do translations compare to the original? Should we use them at all?
THE ROAD TO HEALING (Matot-Masei 5779)
The reconciliation process is a two-way street, both between people and between heaven and earth.
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE NECESSARY (Behukotai 5779)
Why do people talk so much about the bad, while ignoring the good?
SAVING THE PROPHECIES (Tazria 5779)
Values and insights from an enterprise that saved the Book of Ezekiel.
GENDER EQUALITY (Pinchas 5778)
A deep analysis of one of the first potentially feminist episodes appearing in the Torah.
THE BEST PLEA (Ki Tisa 5778)
Analysing a few powerful dialogues between man and God.
KNOW YOURSELF (Vaera 5778)
What is the best way to know G-d?
THE MOST HATED MAN (Balak 5777)
A modern tale of greed and malice proves that history can indeed repeat itself.
A LIGHT UNTO JEWISH HOLIDAYS (Chanukah 5777)
How is Chanukah related to all the other Jewish holidays?
THE COVENANT OF PEACE (Pinchas 5776)
Pinchas was a zealot for God’s cause. His reward from God is puzzling and instructive.
CHALLENGES OF LOVE (Ki Tisa 5776)
What does it actually mean to love? How does God love us? How do we love others?
THE HIDDEN MIRACLES OF CHANUKAH (Chanukah 5776)
A journey inside the many symbols and deep significance of the Festival of Lights.
DIVINE TEARS (Noach 5776)
A synopsis of the Flood and G-d’s genuine regret at having to bring it about.
THE NEW BOOK OF THE TORAH (Balak 5775)
An exploration of the special connections between the episode of Balaam and the rest of the Torah.
GOLD, SILVER, COPPER (Teruma 5775)
Three precious metals are teaching us a precious lesson about our relationship with God and with others.
WHY DO WE WEAR CLOTHES? (Tetzaveh 5775)
The role of clothes in Judaism is far from straightforward, but rather intriguing and interesting.
TORAH DRAWINGS (Ekev 5774)
An interesting was in which the Torah paints for us the picture of the human body.
EVIONIM AND THE CHARITY FUND (Ree 5768)
What does tzedaka really mean? The Torah and commentaries shed some light on the subject.
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