torah

This week, Women in Judaism presents an anthology of student reflections on Shabbat candle lighting. We received an overwhelming response to our request for your… Read More »Kindling the Flame

QUESTION 1: As an employee, how much can I use the copying machine, fax, and the phone at work? I understand that each employer is… Read More »Being An Employee

Each day of the week, the Levi’im sang a different song that corresponded to what took place during the six days of Creation (Tamid 7,4).… Read More »Sundays and Wednesdays

Friday Night The Ba’al HaTurim points out that the word terumah is the word Torah with a Mem, which equals 40. This teaches us that… Read More »Eating Terumah

This week we read parshas T’rumah — the donations given by Bnei Yisroel {the Children of Israel} toward the building of the Mishkan {Tabernacle}. “Speak… Read More »Grinding Ground Flour

Imagine that you are a music-lover. What inspires you is not the modern popular songs that fill the airwaves but the melodious, rhythmic music of… Read More »Hiddur Mitzvah: What a Beautiful Mitzvah!

“…take for Me a portion…” (25:2) There is an obscure Midrash which states that when Hashem instructed Bnei Yisroel to assemble the materials for the… Read More »A Prior Commitment

The Jewish people, traveling through the barren desert, were comforted by the knowledge that their forefather Jacob had worried about their situation. Hundreds of years… Read More »Temples Without Walls

Three vessels in the Mishkan (Tabernacle) bore a crown: the Ark, the GoldenAltar, and the Table that held the showbread. For all three G-d commanded,”and… Read More »So Much Potential

This Week’s RRR (Relevant Religious Reference): “Speak to the Jewish people and have them TAKE for Me (G-d) an offering” – Exodus, 25:2   This… Read More »The Love You Take