Post A Man, not a Superhero This week’s portion begins with the commandment to conduct a census among the Children of Israel through the donation of a half shekel. Other commandments follow, but the focus of… Read More
Post God is a Gracious Host The closing chapters of the Book of Exodus complete the section that deals with the construction of the Tabernacle. The last verses are particularly interesting. Then the cloud covered the… Read More
Post Hold Your Tongue! This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest. (Leviticus 14:2) So begins a detailed description of… Read More
Post The Spiritual and the Mundane Most of this week’s Torah portion involves various civil laws which help govern a kind and generous society. The portion begins with the laws of slavery, which, when compared to… Read More
Post The Wisdom of Miriam The first portion of the Book of Exodus is one of transformation – the children of Israel, the family of Jacob, become the “Hebrews” and the Children of Israel, with… Read More
Post Vessels in the Service of God Chapter 8 in Leviticus discusses the anointing of Aaron and his sons as priests in the Tabernacle and the anointing of the Tabernacle itself. The process is very detailed. The… Read More
Post Lessons from Jacob on Forming a Government Israel just held its fifth election in three years. For a while now, Israel has been struggling to find a leader who can form and maintain a coalition made up… Read More
Post When Moses Saw God’s Back There is no doubt that Moses was close to God, even speaking with Him “face to face, as one man speaks to another” (Exodus 33:11). But Moses wanted even more… Read More
Post What is so bad about slandering a land? Imagine you walk into a room full of people and as soon as you step in, everybody stops talking and looks directly at you. How does that make you feel,… Read More
Post What Makes Amalek So Evil? The attack perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, 2023 proved to the world what Israel has known for many years – that Hamas and the terrorists who perpetrate evil… Read More