Parasha
Parashat Ki Tetze: Set adrift on the island of Elul
Parashat Ki Tetze abruptly shifts from collective responsibilities to personal ones. It is the densest legal section of the Torah, containing more commandments than any other parasha.
Parashat Ki Tetze: Creating a deep bond and the secret of marriage
What is the connection between Zionism and planting trees in Israel?
Parashat Shoftim: Wholehearted – and well
Parashat Zachor: Remembering Amalek in every generation
Amalek exploits spiritual weakness; Parashat Zachor calls on us to strengthen our identity and faith in every generation.
Parashat Bo: Promises must be kept
Keeping promises is the foundation of trust between people, of educating children, and of building a moral future.
From scarred to sacred: How Bondi Beach became a place of Jewish resilience - opinion
We can let trauma define those spaces forever. Or we can redefine them with blessing, with building, with defiant acts of goodness. This is the Jewish way.
Your Investments: Greatest danger to Israel's moral mission is prosperity without discipline
It’s important to teach your children the importance of saving. I think that teens should have a bank account. They can learn how compound interest works.
Parashat Vayechi: King David's lesson in leadership
King David’s final words are not a farewell. They are a summons. A summons to responsibility, to faith and to moral resolve.
Vayigash after October 7: Tears, envy, and consolation pedagogy - opinion
What Joseph teaches Israeli society today
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.
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.
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.
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.
