Parshat Hashavua

That same night he arose, and taking his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven children, he crossed the ford of the Yabbok. After…

One of our rabbinic traditions (Vayikra Rabbah 7:3) stipulates that a child’s biblical education should begin with the book of Leviticus: “Let the pure ones…

Yitzhak pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord responded to his plea, and his wife Rivkah…

  Genesis 23:2 Sarah died in Kiryat Arba - now Hevron - in the land of Canaan; And Abraham proceeded/came to mourn for Sarah and…

Last week, we saw some pretty poor behavior on the part of Sarai, Avram and even God. It was, after all, Sarai's idea to give…

This week’s Torah portion contains one of the more challenging tales of our ancestors and how we might NOT want to learn from them how…

  Tucked toward the end of this week’s Torah reading, Parshat Noah, is a wonderful example of narrative artistry, the story of the tower of…

As we begin again the annual cycle of reading the Torah, we are reminded that our Torah, like much of the Jewish literary tradition, speaks…

We are now rapidly approaching the end of the book of Deuteronomy, Moses' second rendition of the Torah. We read about the leader’s final days,…