Moses
Parashat Beshalach: The joy of ‘mitzvot’
Recounting for the first time the story of an entire people who, after long years of harsh and grueling bondage, emerge into freedom.
Parashat Bo: The world is catching up, again
Parashat Bo: Promises must be kept
Parashat Va’era: Why being good is the secret strength we forget
Parshat Va’Ethanan: An innocent addition or destruction of a masterpiece?
Let us imagine someone taking a Rembrandt painting and adding a few of his own lines or drops of paint.
Kabbalah, and the logic of the impossible - Moses our rabbi
The Exodus from Egypt was a crucial event not only in the life of the Jewish people, but for the world as a whole.
Parashat Devarim: The values that give us the right to exist
The role of a judge is so sensitive and significant, there is no room for mediocrity.
Parashat Korach: Which side to choose?
How are we to know, in situations we encounter in our lives, how to make the right choices?
Parasha and Herzl: The Golden Calf reappears
Forty days without Moses is a long time.
Moses’s hand-to-mouth life
The moral trajectory of Moses, his development as a man and leader, can be traced in the ongoing struggle between his mighty hand and his slow tongue
Parashat Dvarim: Love of fellow Jews and the Torah
Being a Jew is undoubtedly an obligation... but we mustn’t see Judaism as a heavy burden.
PARASHAT RE’EH: Facing idolatry
Even after idolatry seemingly disappeared from our lives – we see that it actually hasn’t
PARASHAT DEVARIM: The right way to study Torah
The Torah learner is a full partner in the creation.
Book review: An uncompromising Bible translation
Robert Altar pushes back against modern translations, which he thinks interpret too much and translate too little.
