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Matan Torah: A Feminine Event
The giving of the Torah at Har Sinai was the realization of a centuries-long dream. Generations before, Avraham Avinu was told that his descendents would be “strangers in a land not their own” but that Hashem would eventually redeem them, and they would leave their place of bondage with great wealth. This journey began with
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Lessons in Kindness and Responsibility in Megillat Ruth
The Book of Ruth is customarily read on Shavuot. Some relate this custom to the fact that the story takes place during the harvest season, which the festival of Shavuot celebrates. Some connect it to the fact that just as Ruth accepted the Torah on Shavuot, so do we. Another opinion is that it is
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Contrasting the Sefira of Yesod and Women
Are you counting the sefira every night? I am. And for those of you who haven’t been doing it this year, I encourage you to try doing it next year. It’s a lifechanger. I know that’s a dramatic statement, but I stand by it. The few minutes of connection with Hashem every evening, of following
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Lag BaOmer: From Despair to Hope and Celebration
Why celebrate the secession of a terrible plague?..
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Balance of Brotherhood: What We Can Learn from Rabbi Akiva’s Students
During the days of counting the Omer, we implement certain practices of aveilut, to mourn the twenty-four thousand students of Rabbi Akiva who died during the period from Pesach to Shavuot. These were giants of Torah, the next generation of torch-bearers trained to carry the tradition into the diaspora so Torah could survive. What do
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Contrasting Women and the Sefira of Netzach
By analyzing our ancestors’ actions, it is clear that the attribute of netzach is multifaceted…
