This week's Torah portion begins with God telling Moses: שְׁלַח־לְךָ֣ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים וְיָתֻ֙רוּ֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י נֹתֵ֖ן...

While this Torah portion (and book) is known as Numbers in the Torah due to the census, in Hebrew it is known as Bamidbar-- the...

This week's double parasha focuses on the growing season and caring for our land by giving it a rest from time to time, every seven years...

This week's Torah portion is one of the few choses to be read several times a year, reading it not only in sequence, but also referring...

This Torah portion is near and dear to my heart, having given birth on Shabbat Tazria/Metsora 11 years ago. While most people joke that...

This week's Torah portion is best known for the containing the story of the Golden Calf. A number of years ago, I asked a jeweller to...

This week’s Torah portion opens: וְיִקְח֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ שֶׁ֣מֶן זַ֥יִת זָ֛ךְ כָּתִ֖ית לַמָּא֑וֹר לְהַעֲלֹ֥ת נֵ֖ר תָּמִֽיד׃ You shall further...

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This week's Torah portion opens with the famous injunction "eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand... עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן...

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Me." אַתֶּ֣ם רְאִיתֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר...

Rabbi Eli Havivi used to love to tell this joke: As Moses and the children of Israel were crossing the Red Sea, the children of Israel...

This week's parasha recounts the final three plagues-- darkness, locusts and the killing of the first born. Commentators have long...

This week, while I will be cooking up some plagues, we certainly have enough plagues this year, hopefully, just like with the one we are...

This in short is my menu: Moshe b'tayva (pigs in blankets or wrapped hot dogs) for an appetizer/main course). Bread bowls with onion soup...

So many choices as it should be as we enter a new year so full of promise and wonder. This parasha, however, brings Genesis and Jacob's...

Photo by Alejandro Barba on Unsplash This week is all about sevens, well perhaps a pre-Shabbat or Shabbat afternoon treat of good ole' ...

So this week we have a choice and a tension... symbolize the parasha or the holiday OR both? While I have made this challah a number of...

This week's Torah portion is pivotal. It reflects transformations. Jacob wrestles with a divine figure, often translated as an angel, and...

My family lives for Shabbat. Each week it holds promise of surprise, guests, tantalizing conversation, and sharing. With COVID plaguing...