Parashat Behar-Behukotai: Quality vs quantity
Shmita teaches that true blessing is found not in abundance, but in satisfaction, faith, and learning to focus on what truly matters.
Torah Portion
Parashat Emor: The social revolution
Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: The promise of permanence
Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: Love your neighbor as yourself
Shabbat Rosh Hodesh: At the threshold of renewal
Shabbat Rosh Hodesh is an invitation to renew not only the month but also ourselves.
Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Turning lemons into lemonade
These parashot deal at length with a unique phenomenon described in the Torah – tzara’at, which are marks or changes that appear on the walls of a house, on clothing, or on the body.
Parashat Shmini: Guarding a pure heart
The Hebrew word timtum means “blockage” or “dullness.” Forbidden foods can lead to this blockage – to emotional numbness and a diminished ability to perceive spiritual depth.
Parashat Tzav: True freedom begins in the mind, not in physical circumstance
Shabbat Hagadol is a time of inner preparation for the Festival of Freedom. On this Shabbat, we begin to think and act from a broader perspective.
Parashat Vayikra: Mutual responsibility
Vayikra’s message of purity, repentance, and unity teaches that even without sacrifices, we can draw closer to God and to one another.
Shabbat Hachodesh: A time to cleanse and begin again
Shabbat Hachodesh reminds us that national rebirth is not only a matter of borders, armies, and institutions. It is also a matter of values.
Parashat Vayakhel: A ‘kahal’ at war
As Israel faces its greatest challenges, the lessons of Vayakhel remind us of the power of unity in times of crisis.
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei: Wisdom of the wise
“Give to the wise, and he will become yet wiser.”
Purification by fire: The red heifer and Iran
The struggle against the Iranian regime is not simply another round in an endless regional rivalry. It is a confrontation with a force that has sown instability and death for decades.
Parashat Ki Tisa: Fear and the choice of courage
From the golden calf to today, fear tests us, but faith and courage show the way forward.
