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 ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a ...

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 ...

At the beginning of Parashat Acharei Mot, the Torah describes the death of Aaron’s two sons, Nadav and Avihu, in a way that invites deep reflection: “And the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of ...

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Jill Crimmings smoothly rolls three balls of challah dough into even strands. She lifts them, joining them together with a pinch, before laying them down to braid. But the loaf of challah, the ...

Lundquist, an English professor at North Hennepin Community College in Minnesota, debuts with a wrenching account of the breakup of her marriage to a gay man. Lundquist met her Continue reading » ...

I find many apt connections between significant modern Jewish historical events and the Torah portions that are read during the week coinciding with their occurrence. According to the standard pattern ...

The commentator Rashi identifies the characteristic of the daughters of Zelophehad that gave them the merit to teach this law about inheritance, to be supported by God, and to be mentioned in His book ...

Each year, when we read the sections of the Torah that describe the building of the Mishkan, the portable Tabernacle, many people notice something surprising. The Torah already spent two ...