We are at the end of the plague series. In our parasha we find the last 3 plagues: locusts, darkness and, of course, the worst of all,...

Sometimes it seems to us that our work is paying off, and it turns out that it is not. Sometimes it seems to us that we are failing in...

Who are the leaders and heroes that our tradition gives us? We have seen countless times how our heroes are beings of flesh and blood,...

We are concluding the first book of the Torah, Genesis. If we take a step back and look in perspective, after the surprising and...

Sinat achim. Hate between brothers. The word hate is something strong. But so it is when siblings stop talking to each other. This week’s...

We often say that appearances are deceiving. It is a well-known saying. And it is in the Torah above all. Through the different parashot...

It’s amazing how, in most cases, we need life or someone to shake us to react and change. We require an event, or strong words, or even...

What do we run from when we run? We do not always have the integrity, nor the wisdom, nor the strength to face those people or things...

This parasha invites us to check a very special process: the one about how a complicated, intricate and twisted person in his...

וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ֙ הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וַיְהִ֣י עֵשָׂ֗ו אִ֛ישׁ יֹדֵ֥עַ צַ֖יִד אִ֣ישׁ שָׂדֶ֑ה וְיַעֲקֹב֙ אִ֣ישׁ תָּ֔ם יֹשֵׁ֖ב אֹהָלִֽים׃ וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב...

The book of Melachim begins with the story of the old King David. An image that shows a king who can no longer rule his kingdom, nor his...

What an amazingly rich parasha! Rich in feelings, in challenges, in renunciations, in confrontations, in transgressions. It narrates the...

“The Lord said to Avram: Leave your land, your birthplace, your father’s house.” What can this be compared to? To a man who travels from...

Probably the most well-known pasuk in our parashah this week is the first: Noach ish tzadik hayah bedorotav. Noach was a righteous man in...

We start again. The cycle that we hope will never be interrupted, in which we finish the reading of the Torah and immediately restart it...

Kohelet, Ecclesiastes, is the Megilah we read in the Sukkot. It reminds us that there is a time for everything in life, while wondering...

Who could say goodbye to this world singing? The melodies of Yamim Norayim still resound in our ears. If we could choose, perhaps, like...

The marathon has already started. We are going through the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe. We are in the middle of Aseret Yemei Teshuvah,...

Atem nitzavim hayom kulchem lifnei Adonai— “All of you today stand tall before the Creator.” Thus begins our parasha. It speaks to all of...

Parashat Ki-Tavo includes, as usually happens, in the last sections, many references to mitzvot of which Moshe reminds the People of...