Long ago, I adopted a quote from Zeno of Citium as my motto to live by: "The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.

The Scroll of Antiochus was written to describe what caused the creation of the holiday of Hannukah and to praise its history ...

Joseph, known as the interpreter of dreams, is called upon to interpret the dream and advises Pharaoh to appoint an economist ...

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy ... but a central body of material, the Torah (i.e. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deut.), which from the time of Ezra ...

Yefet was the father of Yavan (Genesis 10:2), Yavan being Greece ... to a seemingly insignificant point of grammar: Hebrew has no word for the definite article “the”. Instead, “the ...

In early Genesis, God has an important task ... This seriousness of words is reflected in the Hebrew language itself. The ...

The Torah refers to that startling awake with the word vayyikatz – the same root word as the name of the parsha, Miketz – at ...

The Torah reminds us of a slower tempo. That cadence can enhance our ability to act more long term and proactively, as we ...

The Ghost of Rachel in the Nile Bar and Grill Thoughts on Torah Portion Va-Yigash (retold, 2025) ©Rabbi Mordecai Finley A ...

For me, as an Iranian Christian coming from an Islamic background, Christmas and also Hanukkah have special and deep meanings ...

Judah steps forward in the biblical portion of Vayyiggash, Genesis 44:18-47:31, which means “steps forward.” Judah stepped forward near Joseph  to defend his younger brother Benjamin, whom Joseph was ...

Make certain that you do not ruin and destroy My world, for if you destroy it, there will be no one to mend it after you' ...