As we read through the Torah, we come to the Book of Deuteronomy with Moses standing on the “other-side of the Jordan” opposite Jericho reminding the Children of Israel what they ought to have learned ...

Parshat Naso is the longerst parsha in the Torah, 176 verses that parallel the 176 verses in Psalm 119 and the 176 pages in Bava Batra.

Recent empirical research has confirmed what the Torah has always taught: Stable families, in which both parents remain committed to one another, tend to produce children who flourish.

While mitzvahs (commandments from G-d) are the same, personal thoughts and talents are by design, different. Only when we thrive as individuals can we truly unite as one, accomplished with due ...

Exactly three years ago, on June 7th, 2022, I began writing my blog. At the time, I didn’t realize it would become a weekly commitment—one in which I would seek to connect the weekly parsha ...

It’s a book of numbers. It’s inside your accounts. It’s with a capital I. You’re looking too hard. It’s in the obvious places. It’s telling you what to do. It’s telling you what not ...

Parshat Naso, as you know, is the longest single parsha in the Torah. In most years, Naso follows Shavuot, which is appropriate – once we receive the Torah, the next thing is to dive straight in ...

There are many topics in this longest Torah portion. In the midst of the various subjects, we find the probably most famous and this week most sadly relevant verses- the Birkat Kohanim, the three fold ...

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Parashat Bamidbar opens the fourth of the five books of the Torah, recounting the journeys of the Israelites through the desert. At the beginning of the portion, God commands a census of the ...

This week’s Parshah, Parshat Bamidbar, begins the fourth of the five Chumashim that comprise the Torah, and is the last of the Chumashim, according to many commentaries, to be spoken with the ...

Israel National News; Judaism; The symbolism of the desert; The symbolism of the desert There are many explanations as to the significance of deserts, of wildernesses, within our tradition.