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Bnot Tzelofchad: Female Agents of Change
Every word in the Torah teaches us something; no single term is excessive or unnecessary. Hence, the mention of the daughters of Tzelofchad in two different places, and the details that were chronicled, convey an important message for all generations…
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Matot-Masei: The Significance of the Kohen Gadol’s Mother
Towards the end of the parsha, Hashem commands Bnei Yisrael to build arei miklat, cities of refuge for accidental murderers. The murderers would live in the cities of refuge until the Kohen Gadol of the time passed away and they could then go free…
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A Feminine Perspective on the 17th Tammuz
The Netivot Shalom divides the year into two parts. One part, beginning on Purim with wiping out Amalek…
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The Halachot of the Three Weeks
Many tragedies have struck the Jewish people during this time, including the destruction of both the first and second Temples…
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Getting Through Grief from a Torah Perspective
Grief is not the easiest subject to broach, but it is one that creeps into many people’s lives.
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Why Can’t a Woman Be a Judge?
In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg smashed two glass ceilings when she was appointed as an associate to the Supreme court of Justice of the United States…
