Mount sinai

Parashat Korah: The story of the almond – and of diligence

When Korach questions Moses’ authority, a simple staff becomes a powerful symbol of divine choice and enduring leadership.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Almond trees bloom near the border with Lebanon.
Truth

Parashat Shlah: The absolute truth

When fear overrides faith, even truth becomes distorted; this is the lesson of the spies in the desert.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
We begin our day with the acknowledgment of ‘Modeh Ani.’

Shavuot 2026: The holiday's enduring call to faith, loyalty, and Jewish purpose

From Sinai to modern Israel, Shavuot reminds Jews of the power of faith, words, and commitment.

|BySTEWART WEISS
ULTRA-ORTHODOX RECRUITS arrive at the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, early Jan.

What Shavuot teaches about Israel’s haredi military service debate

On Shavuot, we recenter Torah study as our supreme value, even as we divert some of its precious human resources toward protecting our people and defending our land.

|ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Shavuot: Between revelation and revolution - comment

In each generation, the Jew has an obligation to follow and interpret the Torah, assuring that the Sinaic tradition will endure and never die out.

MAY 31, 2022ByELI KAVON
JEWS CELEBRATE in Tel Aviv moments after the UN voted to partition Mandatory Palestine, on November 29, 1947. There is little doubt that Judaism would have withered had it not been for the establishment of a Jewish state, says the writer.

Shavuot: The voice of God in the revelation on Sinai

The revelation at Mount Sinai of the Torah remains a mystery as to what exactly happened and what exactly was heard.

MAY 13, 2021ByMICHAEL M. COHEN
MICHELANGELO’S ‘Creation of Adam’ – God as pure thought or reason?

Parashat Yitro: What preceded the receiving of the Torah?

The parasha is called Yitro because it begins with the story of Jethro coming to the Israelites’ encampment.

FEBRUARY 4, 2021ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
MOSES ON Mount Sinai as depicted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895.

Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai

The monastery lies at the foot of Mount Sinai, by tradition the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments.

APRIL 17, 2019ByREUTERS
Tourists watch the sunrise and pray outside a church on the summit of Mount Moses, near the city of Saint Catherine, in the Sinai Peninsula, south of Egypt, December 9, 2015

Novel Speech

Shvimer-Rothschild: "It is important for us to make our treatment accessible to people around the globe."

JANUARY 22, 2019ByDAVID LEVI REIN
Lilach Shvimer-Rothschild, Co-Founder and COO of NovoTalk.

Non-rabbinic intellectual understanding of the importance of God

JULY 3, 2016ByVLADIMIR MINKOV
The Jerusalem Post