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 ...

Catholics will celebrate the baptism of Jesus. Christian baptism is rooted in a rich symbolism of water in the Bible. Water ...

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 Jewish people ruled over Canaan for centuries, and at one point, the Israelites gained control over the entire region.

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

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 ...