Have you ever experienced loving in an irrational way? I mean those loves that burst into your life and take over your body, your soul,...

Once again, the Torah places us in a situation where it recommends, instructs, and guides us on the path of humility. It's challenging to...

“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God that I am...

Parashat Ekev is the third in the Book of Devarim, or Deuteronomy. Ekev features a term that is repeated several times, actually more...

The Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) approved the controversial "reasonability" bill last Monday with 64 votes in favor and 0 against....

We are beginning the 5th book of the Torah, the last one: Deuteronomy. Its first portion, Parashat Devarim. This portion gives us a...

The Torah portions of this week, because we read two portions together, Matot and Masei, bring us a moment of the people where it seems...

I remember that a few years ago, back in 2019, the United Nations Economic and Social Council voted with 40 in favor, nine abstentions,...

Parashat Chukat-Balak contains rich themes to reflect upon. The Para Adumah (Red Heifer), the death of Miriam, the people's complaint...

How can we realize if a leader is positive or not? How can we determine if the words we hear from someone seeking a position, regardless...

Parashat Shlach Lecha is the portion in which Moses sends spies, at the request of the Lord, to Canaan to investigate whether it was a...

Parashat Beha'alotcha places us in a complicated moment during the journey of the people of Israel in the desert. Many well-known...

The fact that we are numbers in this world is not new. We are the social security number, the driver's license number, and the passport...

Parashat Tzav describes how the offerings should be made and how the Kohanim should conduct themselves during those rituals. This theme...

We are starting a new book: Vayikra. And this is one of the most complicated in the Torah. It's not that it's hard, because it really...

This week's parashiot seem, at first glance, to be of no importance. They are sections that, depending on the year, are read together or...

Ki Tisa, the Torah portion we read this Shabbat contains one of the most dramatic events in all of Biblical narrative: the incident of...

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,...

Sometimes it seems to us that our work is paying off, and it turns out that it is not. Sometimes it seems to us that we are failing in...