…all be privileged to continue the search for a balance between Torah and livelihood, between engaging in society and protecting our beliefs. May the search for this balance in our…
…of our Torah reading, Rashi notes that the Torah does not use the conventional term for lighting the menorah (le-hadlik) but the less common term leha’alot (to cause to rise)….
…is a study of the instances in which the term “Adam” is used in rabbinic literature to mean “man” rather than “person.” An English abstract of the article appears here….
Question: There are resorts, hotels, and tours that advertise that they only use Hassidic shechita, the term for the kosher slaughtering protocol. What is special about Hassidic slaughtering, and why…
In an unusual locution, the outer altar upon which the sacrifices are offered is called by the Torah Kodesh Kodashim, holy of holies. Previously, the term “holy of holies” was…
This parashah includes one of the most interesting parts of the Torah’s narrative, because it makes no real sense unless God is being spiteful, or has a long-term plan. Hashem…
…Clearly the term did not refer to facial or other physical characteristics. But it could imply the ability to use our minds to create, to bring thoughts out of the…
…also searching the future genealogy of Egyptian taskmaster to see whether he would have any worthy offspring. Having concluded that nothing worthwhile would ever issue forth from this man, Moshe…
…can literally see stars being born. The great search in modern physics, from Einstein to today, has been for a unified theory, one theory that would account for the entire…