Join this free webinar and study Torah online with Rabbi Dalia Marx, as she discusses how the Book of Leviticus sheds light on ancient spirituality and its relevance today. Even those who attend...
One of the most amazing aspects of Israel is that it is the place where the Jewish calendar truly comes to life. It is in Israel that one is immersed in sacred time, and the place where citizens...
1/07/2011 In March 2010, two months after the devastating 7.0 earthquake, I walked the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In every inch of available space - empty lots, front lawns, sidewalks, even in...
By Kate Bigam, 10/23/2012 In "Shabbat Home Ritual," originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah , rabbinical student Sarah Fishman writes of her family's Shabbat traditions, including...
By Rabbi Heath Watenmaker, 2/01/2013 Purim is almost here! It’s loud, it’s raucous, it’s festive, it’s colorful, and the food is great. It’s no wonder the rabbis of the Talmud saw Purim as such a...
And from the day on which you bring the sheaf of elevation offering (Omer) - the day after the Sabbath - you shall count off seven weeks. They must be complete: you must count until the day after the...
By Marc J. Rosenstein, 1/30/2013 The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau. -Genesis 27:22 I recently attended a meeting of the Reform rabbis of the north, at the Leo...
By Rabbi Marc Rosenstein, 1/23/2013 …There was a great and mighty wind, splitting mountains and shattering rocks by the power of the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind – an...
By Rabbi Marc Rosenstein, 2/06/2013 The assimilationists shied away from our Jewish holidays as obstacles on the road to their submergence among the majority because they were ashamed of anything...
Reflection on how, at moments of experiencing yirah—which the author defines as feeling awe, fear, and reverence all at once--our hearts are open to discovering the essential meaning of our lives.
The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: "Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you mount the lamps, let the seven lamps give light at the front of the lampstand.'" - Numbers 8:1-2
Our passion for social justice is reflected in the ancient words of our prophets and sages and in the declarations of our leaders throughout our history.