Torah Commentary

This week’s Torah portion opens the third book of the Torah, with which it shares a name: Vayikra. In a sefer Torah, ...

In Parashat Pekudei, the Tabernacle — which has been under construction for several parshiot — is finally completed and God’s ...

Every year as I reread the chapters of Exodus week by week, there is a curiosity in the narrative that ...

A closer look at Judaism's three cardinal sins.

The first verse in Parashat Tetzaveh may be the most important.

One of the more enjoyable aspects of my work as a rabbi is studying Torah portions with students becoming bar ...

Parashat Beshalach teaches that we all need reliable nourishment, for our bodies and our souls.

In graduate school, I heard certain new (at least to me) fancy words in every seminar, and no matter how ...

Jacob’s blessing for his grandchildren reflects who they are and not who he wants them to be.

The gentle wisdom of Serah bat Asher.