Parasha

From Sinai to today: Judaism and the long march of monotheism - opinion

We were not selected for privilege but to carry God’s presence and moral vision into a broader world.

|ByMOSHE TARAGIN
MONOTHEISM WAS never intended to remain the private inheritance of a single nation.
IDF SOLDIERS stand at the Western Wall in June 1967 after it was captured during the Six Day War.

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.

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

Parashat Bamidbar: The individual within the collective

When the Torah counts the people by tribes and families, it teaches the art of integration: Each individual is counted on his or her own, yet as part of a larger structure.

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

Parashat Behar-Behukotai: Quality vs quantity

Shmita teaches that true blessing is found not in abundance, but in satisfaction, faith, and learning to focus on what truly matters.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Vayigash after October 7: Tears, envy, and consolation pedagogy - opinion

What Joseph teaches Israeli society today

DECEMBER 26, 2025ByZEHAVIT GROSS
Rembrandt - Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife

Parashat Vayishlack: Nuance in an age of absolutism

Experiences that could refine us and mature us are processed too quickly to leave a lasting imprint. Instead of being transformed by life, we merely skim it.

DECEMBER 5, 2025ByMOSHE TARAGIN
HOW MUCH subtlety can survive in 100 cramped words?

Parashat Vayishlack: I lack nothing

A significant expression of their differing worldviews appears in their attitudes toward wealth – a perspective that influences all aspects of life.

DECEMBER 5, 2025ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Money and a calculator

Parashat Vayetze: When a nation forgets its source

If Israel, like Jacob, holds fast to its mission – even in exile, even in danger, even in darkness – then the promise of Hosea still stands.

NOVEMBER 28, 2025ByMICHAEL FREUND
An illustrative image of a nest and egg in human hands.

Parashat Toldot: A call for impassioned Jewish renewal

If the parasha is a saga of inheritance, of blessings fought over and destinies forged, then the haftarah is its echo, reminding us that a spiritual legacy must not merely be received, but upheld.

NOVEMBER 21, 2025ByMICHAEL FREUND
SCRIBES FINISH writing a Torah scroll.

Parashat Chayei Sarah: Politics, power, perils of ambition

Politics, the haftarah reminds us, is not inherently corrupt. It becomes corrupt when it forgets that leadership is service, not self-promotion.

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByMICHAEL FREUND
SCRIBES FINISH writing a Torah scroll.

Parashat Chayei Sara: ‘Ger v’toshav’ – unfinished belonging 

Until our people are gathered and the land is restored, we remain wanderers yearning for wholeness.

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByMOSHE TARAGIN
PATIENCE REQUIRED...

Parashat Chayei Sarah: All are equally good

Sarah’s greatest achievement was her ability to live calmly and serenely

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
A LAMP burned continuously – symbolizing unceasing light and joy.

Hebron and Gaza: Ishmael's descendants fight relentlessly against the Jews - opinion

The descendants of Ishmael are determined to fight the Jews relentlessly – and the world favors them, in the 1920s and again today.

NOVEMBER 12, 2025BySHARON LINDENBAUM
JEWS STAND at the Abraham’s tomb monument in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.

Parashat Vayera: Faith is stronger than reality

Can faith prevail over reason and reality? Scripture’s answer is clear. What seems impossible to man is never beyond the power of God.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025ByMICHAEL FREUND
Elisha Raising the Son of the Shunamite, by Frederic Leighton, 1881, oil on canvas - Leighton House Museum - London, England.