If it were not for the Fall and the banishing of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, there would have been no need for a way back to God. But there is such a need.

Kedoshim, includes the Golden Rule, “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). The Golden Rule is widely viewed as f ...

Rabbi George Stern This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim: Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9 I have always resonated strongly with this week’s parashah (Torah portion), Shoftim. As... By Rabbah Arlene Berger ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a ...

This week’s Torah portion is about mass fear, or better put, how to stave off mass fear. Mass fear makes people, and groups of people, think, say, and do irrational and destructive things. You ...

The story of every nation is the story of its leaders — and how they leave, writes the author of the forthcoming “The Torah of Leadership.” We often invoke the Hebrew phrase “l’dor v’dor,” from ...

Lessons from the Torah portions of Tazria and Metzora, the exact middle of the Torah, and how all three connect to the days ...

The days between Pesach and Shavuot invite reflection, as Rabbi Akiva teaches that loving others is central to receiving the ...

This interpretive turn — from law as enumeration to law as moral formation — marks one of the most radical moves in medieval ...