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

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

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) said in an interview that aired Sunday he believes some Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) portions “almost” have to stay during President-elect Trump’s next ...

THAT IS what happens in this week’s Torah portion. After his wrestling match with the stranger, Jacob undergoes a change of personality, a transformation. He gives back to Esau the blessing he ...

The Ibn Ezra explains the following: "The verse mentions the purchase of land to inform us that having a portion of the Land is like having a portion of the World to Come." 1. What is the ...

This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a poem inspired by the parshah (Torah portion) Vayishlach, in which Jacob’s daughter Dina is abducted ...

In our Torah portion, Va-Yishlach, we have one of the most dramatic and vivid scenes in the Bible – Jacob wrestling with an angel. Except, in our Torah portion, it is never written that Jacob ...

A midrash on this week’s Torah portion interprets the well-known verse from Psalms: “A song of ascents: I lift my eyes to the mountains (he’harim)” (Psalms 121:1). Leaving Beersheba ...

Fans of the reality show, filmed in Springbrook National Park in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, were astounded to discover just how small these portions actually are. In a video posted ...

Torah portions and zoot suits Most people think the Bar Mitzvah is a religious ceremony in which the 13-year-old assumes adult responsibilities according to Jewish law and tradition. It is.