This past week, we continued our tradition of hosting Generations Day just prior to Shavuot. Shavuot is one of three ancient pilgrimage festivals, during which people...

In Parshat Bechukotai, we read the verse:  נָתַתִּי שָׁלוֹם בָּאָרֶץ וּשְׁכַבְתֶּם וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד  God says, “I shall offer wholeness in the land; you shall dwell without...

Memory and Independence are in our bones. Parshat Emor recounts the cycle of biblical Jewish holidays: Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret....

From this week’s parshah — Acharei Mot — we focussed on the middah, “Make your own good decisions.” The middah derives from a verse which commands...

This week we read the double parshah, Tazriah. Like many of the parshayot in Sefer Vayikra (Leviticus), this parshah contains many laws and regulations governing ritual...

God is in the details! This week, we read Parshat Tzav (צו), which is related to the word mitzvah (מצוה), meaning commandment or obligation. The commandments...

In this week’s parshah, Parshat Pekudei, we learn that B’nai Israel completed all the tasks associated with building the Mishkan—the dwelling place for God. With this...

In this week’s parshah, we consider what it means for God to be described as “womb-full” and capable of “taking deep breaths.” The parshah, Ki Tisa,...

This week’s parshah, Parshat Yitro, is named after Moshe’s father-in-law, the priest of Midian, Yitro. In this parshah, Yitro says to Moshe, “Listen to my voice,...