Moses
Parashat Va’era: Why being good is the secret strength we forget
Why does Moses step aside for Aaron during the first plagues? The answer reveals a profound Torah teaching about humility and gratitude.
Parashat Shemot: Learning God
Parashat Shemot: The continuity of the world
Yom Kippur: The end or the beginning?
Rabbi Pinto: “The Book of Deuteronomy is the greatest book of ethics”
In light of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto’s renewed calls, many of his students joined the initiative to read the Book of Deuteronomy.
Parashat Beshalah: Searching for passion
Without our own passion and sacrifice, we have little to demand from the future. Don’t fear hardships or sacrifice – they will lead us to nobility and passion.
Parashat Va’eira: Fact-checking
The small act of improving Moses’s speaking abilities would have gone a long way toward improving his ambitious agenda, yet God preserved Moses’s speech impediment.
The Jewish leaders leading the Jewish people - then and now - opinion
Living in modern Israel is like living in a real-time ongoing Talmudic dispute.
Rosh Hashanah: ‘For my sake the world was created’
Each individual has the power and potential to change the world. Indeed, throughout Jewish history there were many individuals who literally changed the course of Jewish history.
What are the Ten Commandments in the Bible? - explainer
The Ten Commandments have a central place in Judaism and Jewish history, given by God and Moses at Mount Sinai. Here's what you need to know about them.
Parashat Pinchas: Four comments on leadership
Humility, dedication to the nation’s needs, tolerance and taking responsibility are the traits of an ideal leader, as Rashi taught us based on the words of the Torah.
Passover 2022: A Ukraine Chabad rabbi's Exodus - opinion
How can matzah, made from the most simplistic of ingredients, be intertwined so profoundly with our faith and heritage?
Parashat Vayikra: Every person has a name
The way that God turns to Moses teaches us how to behave in our own relationships.
Jews of Egypt, Europe were bound by mental enslavement - opinion
The Hebrews in Egypt during Moses’s time, and the Jews in Europe during Herzl’s time, failed to envision the path to freedom.