Sivan Rahav-Meir

Judaism sees marriage differently. Married life is a microcosm of human interaction in the world at large. Marriage is the best school for learning the laws of human relationships.

It's not about if you will do what your parents ask, but how you will do it. It's not about if you will pray and keep Shabbat, but how.

Never to old to be a Bar Mitzvah.

Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz emphasized again and again when he taught this parshah that Yaakov moving the massive stone from the well was not a miracle. Yet, it was not a matter of physical strength either. It was a matter of heart and faith.

Will we still remember the importance of eating healthy now that we can again eat whatever we want outside?

The biggest failure is to ignore failure. My approach is that failure guides me.

The Ari HaKadosh – Rabbi Yitzchak ben Shlomo Luria (1534-1572) – passed away 446 years ago this week. Here is a simple teaching from him.

One of the major messages of the Lubavitcher Rebbe was to utilize every situation in which we find ourselves for good.

The highlight of Prince William's visit to Israel is he merited to be the first British royal to make an official visit to Israel.

Moshe was a stutterer and did not look for a leadership role, but he proved that one can lead even without charisma – through the power of faith, prayer, and a sense of mission.

For six years I underwent dialysis until he arrived and saved me.

“Also, you should know, that this rejection, as painful as it is for you today, upgrades you. It transforms you into people who know how to believe in themselves even when others don’t always believe in them." Encouragement to students applying to HS. Words of wisdom: Believe in Yourself!

Patience, listening, concentration, waiting patiently, the capacity to be here and now and not to run ahead, the ability to fully experience the moment – all of these are significantly diminished in the digital age., But Shabbat..

The high priest is alone. It is forbidden for anyone to be with him, but it is precisely because of this restriction that his power is so great.

This is the time for one-to-one relationships. Life is no longer a matter of quantity, but of quality.

Have you ever thought about the hobby of the guy who cleans your street? Or his dreams? The city of Akko – as reported by journalist Yair Kraus – has put up new signs which make its sanitation workers into stars.

This Torah portion offers us a yearly reminder: We need to check if people in the public eye are everything they seem to be

Just as there are people who need food, there are people who need to be noticed - now more than ever.

The contemporary question,how to balance family and work, is actually a biblical one,addressed by Moses in his subtle rebuke to the tribe of Re'uven.

Parshat Korach reminds us that seeing the good we have, and not coveting the good others have, is more urgent than almost anything else.

The nation had nothing to do. There was no mission to accomplish, no sense of urgency, and about this our sages wrote: "Idleness leads to boredeom and boredom leads to sin."

A message both particular and universal...

Even at the height of personal anguish it's still possible to demonstrate such sensitivity.

Each tent faced a different direction so that no one could see into the tent of anyone else.

We do not expect those elected to be Moshe Rabbeinu. Still, the parshi’ot that will accompany the election campaign in the weeks ahead should remind us of how, ideally, those in leadership roles should conduct themselves.

I took counsel with my grandfather who has already passed away and with my grandchild who has not yet been born.

Like a grandmother who blesses her grandchildren, she blessed us all. Marie Nachmias raised her hands and eyes to the sky, and the crowd, including the prime minister, rose spontaneously and applauded her.

These last two years have demonstrated how vital it is to feel solidarity not only toward those who have passed away but toward those who have been sick but are not yet fully recovered, toward business owners, toward coping parents, and, in fact, toward everyone who has been affected,--which means every one of us.

They sing a little, eat a little something, but fail to see what the holiday is teaching us: It's about the power of individuals and the power of faith.

Choosing what really matters