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.
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Nasso Nasso: The Waters of the Sotah
The suspected adulteress undergoes a trial with a hidden dimension.
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Shavuot Special Issue: What Did Ezekiel See?
Words fall short in capturing prophecy, but mystical poetry may help…
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Bamidbar Bamidbar: When Jews Gathered By Their Flags
Jewish identity can and must be simultaneously national, tribal, and familial.
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BeharBechukotai Behar-Bechukotai: Give It A Rest
Lest we think security springs from our hard work alone…
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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?
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The Wicked Son and Passover
Nobody like to be called the wicked son on Passover. Is the label ever deserved?
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Vayikra Vayikra: The Simplest Offering Was Not So Simple
Bringing an offering to the Temple was within the means of even the poorest people, but bringing it correctly required attentiveness.
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PekudeiVayakhel Vayakhel: Keep Shabbos or Else!
Shabbos is so beautiful and peaceful. Does it need a death penalty to be enforced?
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Ki Tisa Ki Tisa: The Moment When All Were Equal
Every Jew was required to give a half-shekel, no more, no less. Why?
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Tetzaveh Tetzaveh: The High Priest’s Hotline to Heaven
When faced with a tough choice affecting the nation, the High Priest could consult a supernatural device that gave infallible answers.
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Terumah Terumah: The Angels on the Ark
Why would God command us to make prohibited sculptures on the holiest object in the Holy Temple?