Moses

Parashat Beha'alotcha: Know your place

After Pharaoh intensified the Jewish slaves' work, Moses felt that his mission had failed. Out of deep pain, he turned to God and said, “Why have You done evil to these people? Why did You send me?

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Reading a torah scroll
Title page of first edition of the Zohar, Mantua, 1558. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons)

'The Wisdom of Truth': Reaching the attic with a ladder to the Zohar - review

Introduction to the Zohar explores exile, desire, and repair, presenting the Baal HaSulam’s ladder as a path to inner spiritual transformation.

|ByBARUCH LANDA
TAMBOURINE PLAYERS from the ‘Golden Haggadah’ (c. 1320), reflecting a medieval vision of Miriam and the women’s song after the crossing of the sea, The British Library, London

The hidden well: Exploring Miriam's leadership as a source of hope in war's shadow

Within a world of harsh decrees and cruelty, Miriam creates a human partnership that crosses boundaries for the sake of saving life.

|ByRABBA AMIRIT ROSEN
You don't have to be superhuman to change history.

You don’t have to be Moses: This generation must rise to lead in a time of war - opinion

Each and every one of us should rise to the occasion and seek justice, seek victory, seek fulfillment for this amazing and miraculous country of which we are a part.

|BySTEWART WEISS

Parashat Re'eh: In what world are we living?

The words ‘abomination’ and ‘hates’ appear only once in the entire Torah.

AUGUST 13, 2020ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
WORSHIP DISTINCTION: Golden statue of Buddha, Thailand

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.

AUGUST 2, 2020ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
‘THE RETURN of the Prodigal Son,’ 1668, remembered by many as Rembrandt van Rijn’s greatest masterpiece

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.

JULY 28, 2020ByEDUARD SHYFRIN
THE PARTING of the Red Sea during the Jewish nation’s escape from Egypt, an illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company

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.

JULY 23, 2020ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Judge's gavel, illustrative

Parashat Korach: Which side to choose?

How are we to know, in situations we encounter in our lives, how to make the right choices?

JUNE 19, 2020ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
WE SEE money-hungry traitors versus a devoted and incorruptible leader. But when the story was unfolding, this was not clear.

Parasha and Herzl: The Golden Calf reappears

Forty days without Moses is a long time.

MARCH 13, 2020ByGOL KALEV
‘WHILE THE Golden Calf surprised Moses, Herzl was ready to confront it.’

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

FEBRUARY 28, 2020ByGILA FINE
HIS FATAL error: ‘Moses Striking the Rock,’ Jacopo Tintoretto, 1563

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.

JANUARY 10, 2020ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
IMPERIAL STATE crown of the United Kingdom

PARASHAT RE’EH: Facing idolatry

Even after idolatry seemingly disappeared from our lives – we see that it actually hasn’t

JANUARY 10, 2020ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
REVELERS SURROUND a statue of Hindu god Ganesh – known as a ‘remover of obstacles’ and god of beginnings – during a contemporary festival.

PARASHAT DEVARIM: The right way to study Torah

The Torah learner is a full partner in the creation.

AUGUST 8, 2019ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
The right way to study Torah