Torah Portion

Parashat Bamidbar: ‘Machar Chodesh’

This week’s haftarah offers a timely message about longing, loyalty, and the enduring bond between the Jewish people and their homeland.

IDF SOLDIERS stand at the Western Wall in June 1967 after it was captured during the Six Day War.

Parashat Bamidbar: The individual within the collective

THE PURSUIT of individuality is one of modern culture’s most prominent trends.

Parashat Behar-Behukotai: Quality vs quantity

‘YOU ARE growing up in a generation with dozens of types of dairy desserts in the refrigerator.’

Parashat Emor: The social revolution

GOODWILL: PROVIDING volunteer massage therapy to soldiers at an IDF outpost in Samaria, March 12.

Parashat Yitro: Before the revelation at Sinai

Whenever people are convinced that they are acting in the name of higher goals – especially when they believe they are serving God – moral boundaries become fragile.

FEBRUARY 6, 2026ByMOSHE TARAGIN

What honoring our parents teaches us about faith, logic, and Judaism

The mitzvah of honoring one's parents is not a narrow religious demand but a foundational moral duty.

JANUARY 30, 2026ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Parashat Beshalach's lessons on unity, shared risk, and IDF service

A segment of Israeli society – largely comprising traditional, Religious-Zionist, and secular Jews – carries the overwhelming weight of military service.

JANUARY 30, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND

A STATUE of Deborah dated 1792 stands in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Parashat Beshalach: The joy of ‘mitzvot’

Recounting for the first time the story of an entire people who, after long years of harsh and grueling bondage, emerge into freedom.

JANUARY 30, 2026ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Parashat Bo: Jeremiah’s timeless promise to Israel

Empires crumble, pain persists, yet Israel survives; Jeremiah’s words offer reassurance across generations.

JANUARY 23, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND

Parashat Bo: The world is catching up, again

'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' was a crude forgery that peddled the myth of a clandestine Jewish cabal manipulating institutions under the guise of doing good.

JANUARY 23, 2026ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Parashat Bo: Promises must be kept

Keeping promises is the foundation of trust between people, of educating children, and of building a moral future.

JANUARY 23, 2026ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

The high price of not listening: What Pharaoh teaches us about power and humility

Pharaoh ignored every warning until his nation collapsed. His mistake isn’t ancient, it’s painfully familiar today.

JANUARY 17, 2026ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Statue of a mans head wearing headphones.

Parashat Va'era: Between Pharaoh and Persia, pride before a fall

The Iranian regime, like Pharaoh, has long encouraged the belief that it is untouchable. Yet the protests reveal a profound rupture between the state and the society it purports to lead.

JANUARY 16, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND

The mask of Tutankhamun is projected during a digital exhibition in Bordeaux, France, in 2025.

Parashat Va’era: Why being good is the secret strength we forget

Why does Moses step aside for Aaron during the first plagues? The answer reveals a profound Torah teaching about humility and gratitude.

JANUARY 16, 2026ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ