Shabbat is a special and elevated day. It doesn’t only give us rest, it lifts us up. Shabbat elevates the week that just ...

The topic of marriage has become a dominant theme in this week’s holiday observance of Shavuot as well as this week’s Torah ...

Our Sages explain that Shavuot is considered a “Rosh Hashanah” for the Torah. It is an appropriate time to dedicate ourselves ...

Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...

This week’s Torah portion is Mishpatim: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 The plot of the Torah is not mysterious. It is not convoluted. It’s just easy to lose in the fascinating details that we rabbis, going back ...