Someone who sins is meant to bring something of himself – his heart and emotions – and to experience a sense of closeness to ...

If we are to accept the premise that God spoke through them, these figures are now represented by the greatest Torah scholars of each generation. They transmit, interpret and “make relevant ...

We know who we are. They cannot fathom it. Our tireless efforts to explain may fall on deaf ears – but we hear, and we know.

Sandwiched between the beginning and end of the portion are the saga of the first set of tablets, the Israelites’ folly with the golden calf, God’s wrath abated by Moses’ pleas, the ...

The weekly Torah portion “Mishpatim” primarily deals ... The very first law presented is that of the Hebrew servant and his release. When we examine this mitzvah in detail, we see that it ...

Every synagogue has its own Torah scrolls. Each one is hand-written in Hebrew just like the original. There are 304805 letters in a Torah scroll and each page has 42 lines. We believe Moses wrote ...

Exodus 38:21 – 40:38 ...

The ending of the Book of Exodus teaches that true freedom comes when we are neither the puppets of fellow humans or God but live a life where we improve ourselves, be all we can be, and help other ...