In all the portions that deal with the building of the Mishkan and its vessels, and particularly in parashat “Vayakhel,” a pair of words is repeated: “wise-hearted,” “wisdom of heart.” It seems that ...

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Whenever people are convinced that they are acting in the name of higher goals – especially when they believe they are serving God – moral boundaries become fragile. The events at Mount Sinai are ...

Parashat Yitro contains one of the Torah’s most enduring and quietly radical political teachings. Before Sinai, before thunder and tablets, Moses’ Midianite father-in-law looks at the emerging ...

wear masks and carry guns. Let us return the coldness of ice with the coldness of ice. Let us freeze it into immobility. Let crossing rivers not be a crime. Let children and their parents not be ...

This week’s double Torah portion, Matot-Masei, is filled with all manner of interesting things to consider, including women and vows, and women and inheritance. The Torah portion begins with a ...

Israel’s ground war against Hamas, its primary response to the Oct. 7 pogrom, has been long, bloody and complicated. One of the most important questions surrounding the war involves planning for “the ...

Why does the Torah spend an entire chapter outlining all of the Israelites encampments in the desert (Numbers 33)? Rashi, quoting the Midrash, suggests it illustrates God’s love for His people. “It ...

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