Moses
Was Netanyahu chosen by God, or judged too harshly by man? - opinion
There was a young man who was chosen. He did not choose himself. In fact, he had no plans to enter politics and no ambition to become prime minister. Yet God often chooses people who never expect it.
Parashat Korah: Misreading intentions
Joshua's spies chose faith over fear - can Israel do the same?
A different mind, a shared covenant - opinion
Parashat Va’eira: Fact-checking
The small act of improving Moses’s speaking abilities would have gone a long way toward improving his ambitious agenda, yet God preserved Moses’s speech impediment.
The Jewish leaders leading the Jewish people - then and now - opinion
Living in modern Israel is like living in a real-time ongoing Talmudic dispute.
Rosh Hashanah: ‘For my sake the world was created’
Each individual has the power and potential to change the world. Indeed, throughout Jewish history there were many individuals who literally changed the course of Jewish history.
What are the Ten Commandments in the Bible? - explainer
The Ten Commandments have a central place in Judaism and Jewish history, given by God and Moses at Mount Sinai. Here's what you need to know about them.
Parashat Pinchas: Four comments on leadership
Humility, dedication to the nation’s needs, tolerance and taking responsibility are the traits of an ideal leader, as Rashi taught us based on the words of the Torah.
Passover 2022: A Ukraine Chabad rabbi's Exodus - opinion
How can matzah, made from the most simplistic of ingredients, be intertwined so profoundly with our faith and heritage?
Parashat Vayikra: Every person has a name
The way that God turns to Moses teaches us how to behave in our own relationships.
Jews of Egypt, Europe were bound by mental enslavement - opinion
The Hebrews in Egypt during Moses’s time, and the Jews in Europe during Herzl’s time, failed to envision the path to freedom.
From Moses to Herzl: Acquiring the knowledge in front of your eyes
Internalizing the lessons from Moses’s exodus, Herzl understood that transformations need to happen gradually – he referred to those 40 years in the desert as “education through migration.”
Lifting the veil: Meet Dorothy Tiano Melvin
“I felt in bondage to depression over my mother’s death, and I felt I needed to break those bonds.”