The Sublimity of Insincerity Thoughts on Torah Portion Vayechi 2024 ©Rabbi Mordecai Finley There is one passage in our Torah ...

The act of giving blessing creates connection. Hopefully, we do not wait until the end of our lives to create or facilitate ...

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

The ancient teaching that our biblical forefathers never truly died finds new meaning in the enduring legacies of Israel's ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

FREEDOM AND OPPRESSION are at the very heart of the Torah portions from Exodus that Jews will read in the next few weeks. It’s a bit jarring to read these portions in January because they tell the ...

What kind of a blessing is it for Jacob to confer from his deathbed on his beloved youngest child: ‘’Benjamin is predatory ...

LA fires won’t stop bar mitzvahs this Shabbat but they will relocate them to generous synagogues opening their doors.

The Jewish State reminds us of our highest values. It strips away the illusions created by America’s obsession with comfort ...

Rebbetzin Chaya Andrusier discussed the Torah portion of the week, Miketz, which continues the story of Joseph. Pharaoh gave Joseph a wife, Asenath and they had two sons together: Manasseh and Ephraim ...

Joseph’s youthful flaws, including his sense of superiority over his brothers, are balanced with an ability as an adult to ...