torah

As the narrative of the redemption of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage unfolds, I am continually struck by the apparently gradual process that is… Read More »Gradual Change

As the narrative of the redemption of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage unfolds, I am continually struck by the apparently gradual process that is… Read More »Gradual Change

The story is told about a political prisoner in a dark dungeon who always kept his eyes closed. Whenever he needed something, he would grope… Read More »Coming to Terms with Exile

The story is told about a political prisoner in a dark dungeon who always kept his eyes closed. Whenever he needed something, he would grope… Read More »Coming to Terms with Exile

There is a narrative in this week’s portion that includes two verses that seem superfluous. The Torah, in reintroducing Ahron and Moshe to us as… Read More »Guts and Glory

Friday Night THE SEFER IS called Shemos because it is the second word of the first parsha, “These are the names…” But there seems to… Read More »Name That Name

I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchok, and to Yaakov as Kel Shakkai, but my name Hashem I did not make Myself known to them.[2] Kel… Read More »How Yitzchok Saved Klal Yisrael

Rabbi Akiva said: Jesting and lightheadedness accustom a person to immorality. The oral transmission is a protective fence for the Torah. Tithes are a protective… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 17(d): When Religion Means War

Rabbi Akiva said: Jesting and lightheadedness accustom a person to immorality. The oral transmission is a protective fence for the Torah. Tithes are a protective… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 17(d): When Religion Means War

Rabbi Akiva said: Jesting and lightheadedness accustom a person to immorality. The oral transmission is a protective fence for the Torah. Tithes are a protective… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 17(d): When Religion Means War