The name of this week’s parsha is much more indicative of its contents than is true of most parshiot. A parsha’s ‘name’ is usually one or two key words taken from the beginning of the parsha and it is ...

In Parshat Mishpatim we find many commandments. The Parsha has a certain frame, a certain structure to it, and part of it is having the commandments split into different paragraphs (Parshiyot). In one ...

Moshe wrote the first portion of the Torah (from Bereishit until Matan Torah) and awoke early to build an altar at the foot of the mountain, together with twelve stone monuments, one for each tribe.

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The Talmud states that the source of prayer is the biblical phrase “And you shall serve Him with all your heart” (Deuteronomy 11:13). Service is usually associated with action. One can serve with ...

Jewish law is commonly divided into two groups: laws that govern our relationship with God (bein adam la’Makom) and laws that govern our relationship with our fellow person (bein adam l’chavero). Thus ...

Our guest this week is Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg, Senior Rabbi of the United Hebrew congregation in St.Louis, MO. Rabbi Rosenberg, who has been at United Hebrew since 2004, received her BA in Religion ...

More than twenty years ago I read a wonderful book the title of which I’ve never forgotten because it states such a profound and obvious truth – Where ever you go – There you are! The book was written ...

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The modern state of Israel was established in 1948 amid many internal dilemmas and conflicts. For example, there were the different approaches of the Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi. Then there was the ...