I remember a video, one of those we see so much on the internet and that often get forwarded on WhatsApp or Instagram. Interestingly,...

Parashat Emor speaks of two kinds of holiness: that of people and that of time. We have defined the concept of Kedusha, holiness, several...

Imagine standing in front of a mirror; there is an image of us, but it doesn't fully capture who we are.

We are currently in the days between Passover and Shavuot: the days of counting the Omer, where we count, every evening in prayer, one...

The concept of counting time is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition. The Jewish calendar reminds us of the obligation to follow the waxing...

In this week's Torah portion: Tazria, the topic of ritual purity after childbirth is addressed, focusing on the birth of a boy or a girl....

The inauguration of the sanctuary, that moment after weeks and even months of hard work and preparation for the magnificent portable...

The Torah portion known as Tzav continues to describe the order of sacrifices, as previously mentioned in the preceding portion, Vayikra,...

Greatness and humility. It doesn't sound easy, and sometimes they even seem incompatible. Vayikra invites us to enter a world of ritual...

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...

Parashat Vayakhel begins by enumerating the mitzvot regarding the observance of Shabbat, but its main focus is actually the construction...

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...

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...

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering; take My offering from all those whose hearts prompt them...

Parshat Mishpatim is an overwhelming cluster of laws that the Kadosh Baruch Hu delivered to our people. Just last Shabbat, we received...

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...

Parshat Beshalach describes the trials and wonders experienced by the children of Israel in the days following their departure from...

The narrative of the last three plagues—locusts, darkness, and the death of the Egyptian firstborn—begins this week. This concludes...

"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...

Do you know the popular saying "the calm before the storm?" Many times, we find ourselves in an almost ideal calm situation, where...