Parshat Beshalach – The Low Soul

At various historic points, a 'low soul' has prevented the children of Israel from successfully advancing our national aspirations and collective mission.

Hashem Has Other Plans

Their assumption was predicated on the theory that Hashem operates based on middas hadin.

The Moon? Aim Closer To Home

“Man reached the moon. But man to man he has yet to reach.”

Vayakhel – What Does It Mean To Be Created In The Image Of God?

Both the mishkan and Shabbat are in this week's parsha. What is the thematic, conceptual connection between the two?

Does A Husband Own His Wife?

The fruits and grain that the non-Jews had planted and toiled on belonged to them.

On Washing Dirty Linen in Public

There is a natural temptation to explain away the nasty and intemperate statements of the side we identify with, while setting upon the other side’s gaffes with ferocity.   But in the end this asymmetry undermines our reputation for justice, and thus our capacity to persuade rather than overpower. 

Tetzave: The Purpose Of The Kohanim

By submerging individual identity into the collective Hebrew nation, the kohanim work to cleanse the children of Israel from all transgressions and to inspire the people with a powerful show of kedusha.

The Invisible Hand

This week's parsha is the archetype of our connection to G-d in a world where His presence is hidden

Eliyahu Will Explain It In The Future

The Gemara explains the discrepancy in the offerings in a beautiful way, to the effect that Israel will bring what they have available and Hashem will accept it.

The Philosophy Behind a Verse

The questions have thus led us to at least two major hashkafic issues: the status of Jewish life outside Israel, and the connection between virtue and success in this world. 

Life Is A Miracle

Miracles that are revealed are intended to inspire a person to change his life for the better. However, when a person becomes accustomed to miracles as such they no longer affect him. A miracle that happens often and becomes nature may cause him to err in his thinking and stray.

The Three Weeks

Perhaps, just perhaps, we can relate to this: whenever we feel distant from Hashem, that is the Churban.

The Origin Of The Bagel

Why the different types of matzah and their symbolism? Each had to be offered for a different reason.

Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Matot: Menashe — The Odd Man Out

Why did Moshe include part of Menashe together with Gad and Reuven in the Transjordanian settlement?

Tallit Bag That Came Back From The War

Or told her that in Judaism it is appropriate to say a blessing upon meeting a king or queen. He asked her if he could make the blessing and she agreed.

To (Let It) Be Or Not To (Let It) Be

Are they disparate events that coincidentally all occurred on the same day or do they perhaps share a common denominator?

Parshat Vayechi – Tribes United for a Mission

Only as a “kingdom of priests and holy nation” that reveals HaShem’s Oneness over all spheres of life can Israel fully express His Ideal and lead mankind to experience a world of total blessing.

V’Zot HaBrakha – Am Segula

The Torah is not merely some disjointed ritual precepts but rather the Divine Ideal from before existence placed into this reality for the sake of elevating our world beyond its current limitations.

Finding Nemo

What makes fish different from all other creatures? They definitely have many unique qualities, such as the fact that they swim, live in the water, etc.

TORAH SHORTS: The Proximity of Being Far (Tazria)

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. -Francois de la Rochefoucauld

To Your Brothers Say You Are My Nation

Abarbanel says that the Children of Israel are not compared to grains of sand simply because they are so many. Lots of things occur in great numbers but Israel isn’t compared to them.

Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Pinchas: Are We All Sinners?

In Judaism, since sin is not a foregone conclusion, we hold ourselves fully accountable for it. Likewise do we hold others accountable – if not to us, then certainly to God. And so the daughters of Tzelophad put this out about their father – and about everyone else.

Rumblings Of War

Why is Lot so important that Avraham took him along and risked his life to save him?

Jewish Leadership: When Leaders Are Human: Parshas Emor

We don't seek leaders who transcend human struggle and temptation, sit on mountaintops meditating on their naval. Our leaders are individuals who embrace the physical, uplift it, and connect it to the infinite.

The Merit Of Eretz Yisrael

The answer to this question can best be understood with a perspective on capitalism.

TORAH SHORTS: Behaalotcha: African Royalty

He that can work is born to be king of something. -Thomas Carlyle

Should Children Come To Shul On Shavuos?

Jewish children, particularly before the age of bar mitzvah, are effected for life when they immerse themselves in Torah study.

Keeping The Ego In Check

Leaders must be careful to subdue their ego. The cause is larger than the personal concerns of one person.

Are Tzaddikim Necessarily Role Models?

A healthy religious society has room for both chakhamim and chasidim, but knows that the latter are generally more to be admired than imitated.

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