For our Torah studies this year, therefore, week by week we will seek to discover how all of Torah prepared the way for the coming Messiah. This week, our Bible study takes us to the end of Exodus. It ...

This Shabbat we read the double portion of Vayakhel–Pekudei as part of the weekly Torah cycle. Because it is also the eve of the month of Nisan, we read an additional section from Exodus 12, known as ...

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Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...

As Hanukkah begins this Sunday night, the weekly Torah portion “Vayeshev” offers a strikingly relevant backdrop. The parasha follows Joseph, who is repeatedly cast into darkness only to rise, again ...

Last week, our communities gathered to mark the one-year yahrzeit observance of the tragedy of Oct. 7. While each communal event was different, there were common themes. Foremost, of course, was the ...

When the Torah scroll is being carried, and also when it is lifted up, everyone who sees it must stand until the scroll is ...