I'm sure all of us are very familiar with this feast of Corpus Christi, which means, "Body of Christ," but which we now celebrate as the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Most of us probably ...

God’s ways are beyond our human logic. He separates to Himself, as Jacob divided the flocks of Laban, those who are called ...

Hidden beneath the surface of Parshat Pinchas, the sages uncovered a story of great poignancy. Moses, having seen his sister and brother die, knew that his own time on earth was coming to a close. He ...

Anyone who has ever entered into a binding legal contract knows what the word "closing" means. It is the climactic, often emotional, moment when the two directly involved parties make the final ...

As we consider this week's Torah portion, we might also consider our own situations as present-day custodians and witnesses ...

For centuries, people have wondered what really happened to the Ark of the Covenant-the gold-covered chest the ancient Israelites believed carried God’s presence and held their most sacred items. Its ...

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This week’s Torah portion, Shemot, begins with a list of those who made their way down to Egypt from Canaan. While the Torah goes into detail about their dramatic stories back home, we know very ...

Having set out the broad principles of the covenant, Moses now turns to the details, which extend over many chapters and several parshiyot. The long review of the laws that will govern Israel in its ...

Society was changing rapidly in Jesus’ day, and this affected the interpretation of biblical law. Precepts that had made sense in an independent, agrarian and egalitarian Israel no longer functioned ...