Every chapter, verse, word, and even letter in the Five Books of Moses is filled with meaning and timeless life lessons. Jews read this sacred text from a parchment Torah scroll in synagogue each year, with a different section (parsha) allocated to each week. Year after year we read the same parshas, always finding deeper meanings and new relevance to our lives and the world around us.
Featured in Torah
Most Recent
-
MatotMassei Matot Masei: The Original Sanctuary Cities
God created Cities of Refuge for accidental manslayers.
-
Pinchas Pinchas: Again We’re Counting the Jews? Why?
Statistics can easily dehumanize – a census does the opposite.
-
Korach Korach: Even Those Who Are Supported By Tithes Must Tithe
Thank you, God, for obligating me to give away 10% of my income!
-
Shelach Sh’lach: The Spies Who Condemned Us to 40 Years in the Desert
Who were Moses’ spies and why were they so bad at their job?
-
Behaalotecha Beha’alotecha: Did Moses Give God a Command?
Our journeys through life may result in reaching various destinations, but they are incomplete if we don’t call out to God along the way. Here’s why… Table for Five: Beha’alotecha Edited by Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist So it was, …
-
Nasso Nasso: The Waters of the Sotah
The suspected adulteress undergoes a trial with a hidden dimension.
-
Shavuot Special Issue: What Did Ezekiel See?
Words fall short in capturing prophecy, but mystical poetry may help…
-
Bamidbar Bamidbar: When Jews Gathered By Their Flags
Jewish identity can and must be simultaneously national, tribal, and familial.
-
BeharBechukotai Behar-Bechukotai: Give It A Rest
Lest we think security springs from our hard work alone…
-
Passover Shabbat: Stiff-Necked and Proud of It!
Did God forgive the the sin of the Jewish people despite our stiff-neckedness or because of it?