Parasha
Parashat Beha'alotcha: Know your place
After Pharaoh intensified the Jewish slaves' work, Moses felt that his mission had failed. Out of deep pain, he turned to God and said, “Why have You done evil to these people? Why did You send me?
From Sinai to today: Judaism and the long march of monotheism - opinion
Parashat Bamidbar: ‘Machar Chodesh’
Parashat Bamidbar: The individual within the collective
Parashat Vayechi: King David's lesson in leadership
King David’s final words are not a farewell. They are a summons. A summons to responsibility, to faith and to moral resolve.
Vayigash after October 7: Tears, envy, and consolation pedagogy - opinion
What Joseph teaches Israeli society today
Parashat Vayishlack: Nuance in an age of absolutism
Experiences that could refine us and mature us are processed too quickly to leave a lasting imprint. Instead of being transformed by life, we merely skim it.
Parashat Vayishlack: I lack nothing
A significant expression of their differing worldviews appears in their attitudes toward wealth – a perspective that influences all aspects of life.
Parashat Vayetze: When a nation forgets its source
If Israel, like Jacob, holds fast to its mission – even in exile, even in danger, even in darkness – then the promise of Hosea still stands.
Parashat Toldot: A call for impassioned Jewish renewal
If the parasha is a saga of inheritance, of blessings fought over and destinies forged, then the haftarah is its echo, reminding us that a spiritual legacy must not merely be received, but upheld.
Parashat Chayei Sarah: Politics, power, perils of ambition
Politics, the haftarah reminds us, is not inherently corrupt. It becomes corrupt when it forgets that leadership is service, not self-promotion.
Parashat Chayei Sara: ‘Ger v’toshav’ – unfinished belonging
Until our people are gathered and the land is restored, we remain wanderers yearning for wholeness.
Parashat Chayei Sarah: All are equally good
Sarah’s greatest achievement was her ability to live calmly and serenely
Hebron and Gaza: Ishmael's descendants fight relentlessly against the Jews - opinion
The descendants of Ishmael are determined to fight the Jews relentlessly – and the world favors them, in the 1920s and again today.
