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...

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...

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...

Once again, I must begin my article in the Temple Times with images of an event I witnessed, just as it happened with last month's and...

Members of Temple Beth El of Utica strongly condemn the savage attacks carried out by extremist fanatics from the terrorist organization...

“There are four days in the year that serve as the New Year, each for a different purpose: On the first of Nisan is the New Year for...

We arrived to one of those moments in Biblical narrative that are not only culminating, but special: the crossing of the sea of ​​reeds,...

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,...

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...

As I write this, some days ago Argentina became the world champion for the third time in the history of the World Cup of Football...

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...

We have known one another for more than a year now and I have never told you who I am or why I decided to be a Rabbi. I grew up in the...

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...