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Parashat Vaykra: Lizkor Laolam lo Lishkoach - Remember Forever, Never Forget
Greatness and humility. It doesn't sound easy, and sometimes they even seem incompatible. Vayikra invites us to enter a world of ritual...
Mar 22, 2024


Parashat Pekudei: Not Just Remembering, but Taking Action on What Is Needed
We are in the last portion of the book of Shmot, Exodus. Closing a book is somewhat like closing a chapter in the history of the People...
Mar 15, 2024


Parashat Vayakhel: A Time to Build Together
Parashat Vayakhel begins by enumerating the mitzvot regarding the observance of Shabbat, but its main focus is actually the construction...
Mar 8, 2024


Parashat Ki Tisa: Finding Value in Uncertainty
In 3 more weeks, we will have gone through Ta'anit Esther, the half-fast that we observe from dawn on the eve of Purim until the festival...
Mar 1, 2024

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A Matter of Survival: Tracing the Complex History of the State of Israel [Part 3]
Click here for part 1 | Click here for part 2 What happened in the second half of 1947 and during 1948 is complicated to narrate. David...
Feb 24, 2024


Parashat Tetzaveh: Moses, Aaron, and the Power of Unity
Parashat Tetzaveh is the only one in the entire book of Exodus in which the name of Moses does not appear. It is the portion in which a...
Feb 23, 2024


Parashat Terumah: A Time to Give and Rebuild
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering; take My offering from all those whose hearts prompt them...
Feb 15, 2024


Parashat Mishpatim: The Value of Choice
Parshat Mishpatim is an overwhelming cluster of laws that the Kadosh Baruch Hu delivered to our people. Just last Shabbat, we received...
Feb 8, 2024


Parashat Yitro: What Does it Mean to Be Rich?
The Torah portion of this week is surely the most well-known in its content, along with last week's Shabbat, in which we relived the...
Feb 2, 2024

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A Matter of Survival: Tracing the Complex History of the State of Israel [Part 2]
Click here for part 1 | Click here for part 3 In the 1850s, a new variety of orange was discovered in the citrus orchards of Jaffa, and...
Jan 30, 2024


Parshat Beshalach: Miriam's Song Unites People
Parshat Beshalach describes the trials and wonders experienced by the children of Israel in the days following their departure from...
Jan 26, 2024


Parashat Bo: Powerful Weapons Against Ignorance & Hatred
The narrative of the last three plagues—locusts, darkness, and the death of the Egyptian firstborn—begins this week. This concludes...
Jan 19, 2024


Parashat Vaera: Heeding Life's Warnings
"If you continue behaving that way, things are not going to go well!" It's a phrase we used to hear when we were kids, or at least that...
Jan 12, 2024


Parashat Shemot: Turning Adversity into Advantage
Do you know the popular saying "the calm before the storm?" Many times, we find ourselves in an almost ideal calm situation, where...
Jan 5, 2024


Parashat Veyechi: The Disruptive Nature of Family
This Shabbat, we conclude the book of Genesis– Bereshit. If we were to summarize it in a few words, we could say that its content...
Dec 29, 2023

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A Matter of Survival: Tracing the Complex History of the State of Israel [Part 1]
Click here for part 2 | Click here for part 3 When we were kids, we learned about the People of Israel, the conquest of Canaan, and the...
Dec 27, 2023


Parashat Vayigash: Pain and Reconciliation
Let's talk about pain. As a people, pain is something we respect, keep current, and try not to forget. We don't cease to celebrate joys;...
Dec 22, 2023


Parashat Miketz: Finding Hope in a Dark Time
Our Parasha, Miketz, brings the stories of Joseph's success, the fulfillment of the dreams he interpreted. Joseph goes from darkness to...
Dec 15, 2023


Parashat Vayeshev: From Envy to Enlightenment
There is no doubt that envy is a feeling that generates discomfort, both in the one who feels it and in the one who receives it. It...
Dec 8, 2023


Parashat Vayishlach: Everything is Foreseen, but Choice is Possible
According to the Avot Treaty, in chapter 3, it is Rabbi Akiva who teaches us that Hakol tzafui vehareshut netuna "Everything is foreseen,...
Dec 1, 2023
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