The focus of this portion is on a particular skin disease - tza’raat in Hebrew, often mistranslated to leprosy. The Torah will dedicate...

So many of us have had reason to mourn over the past six plus months. The loss of life, our sense of security, friends who we found out...

For many years, the book of Leviticus to me seemed to be an impenetrable mystery. What could possibly be the connection between this...

Parashat Vayikra marks the beginning of a new book, the third in the Torah. The book of Leviticus - VaYikra in Hebrew - is composed...

In Parashat Pekudei, B’nei Yisrael completed the construction of the Mishkan, the portable tabernacle that will serve as God’s home on...

B’nei Yisrael, in Parashat Vayakhel , are in the midst of the process of constructing the mishkan , the Tabernacle that will travel them...

At the bottom of Mount Sinai, the Isralites set up camp and bid farewell to Moses as he ascended the mountain to receive the Torah....

Much like last week’s portion, Tetzaveh deals primarily with the operation of the mishkan, God’s dwelling place on Earth among the...

Parashat Terumah is made up almost entirely of instructions on how the Israelites were to build the tabernacle - a holy place to worship...

In last week’s portion, the Israelites received the first ten mitzvot - commandments. But ten rules are not sufficient to build a...

For the first time in the book of Exodus, in Parashat Yitro the Egyptians do not play a major role in our story. Egypt and slavery is...

Finally, finally - after generations of slavery and hardship, after being mistreated as strangers in a strange land for too many years,...

John Martin, 1823. Then GOD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his courtiers, in order that I...

In the second parasha of Exodus, God will send Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and will begin to unleash wonders, plagues, on Egypt that will...

Parashot Shemot is the gate that welcomes us into the incredible journey of B’nei Yisrael, the children of Israel, from disparate tribes...

It is hard to believe that we have arrived at the end of Bereshit, the Book of Genesis. It feels like just yesterday that we welcomed in...

Your servant my father [Jacob] said to us, ‘As you know, my wife bore me two sons. But one is gone from me, and I said: Alas, he was torn...

In Parashat Miketz, Joseph’s dreams, and his ability to interpret those of others, become his reality. He is called before Pharaoh after...

Chag Chanukah Sameach! Happy Hanukkah! In these dark days, what a gift our tradition gives us, commanding us to remember the heroism of...

This week, like many of you I am sure, I have been glued to the screen and to social media during the hours and minutes leading up to...