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Shelach Lecha: Desiring What Is Forbidden
“Kids, we’re going to visit Grandma and Grandpa, let’s get ready!” You shout up the stairs. “I’m not coming!” Your ten-year-old fights back.
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Beha’alotcha: It’s the Wonderful Manna
Amidst our journey through the desert, guided by the Heavenly pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night, the nation is sustained by manna falling from the sky.
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Naso: The Centrality of Peace in Judaism
This week’s parsha contains the fascinating laws of the Isha Sotah, literally translated as the ‘wayward woman.’
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Bamidbar: Inside and Out
Rav Chaim Vital writes that the way in which a husband treats his wife is a reflection of all of his middot (character traits).
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Bechukotai: Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Hashem is encouraging us that familiarity with us will never cause Him to look down on us or to seek distance.
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Behar: A Godly Vision
There are some decisions in life that just seem so obvious. Should we move to a warm community or an unfriendly one? Send to an excellent school or a poor one?
