What does the Kadosh Baruch Hu (the Lord) ask from us? It seems that He asks us everything. It seems that He demands a total dedication...

What is “being holy” all about? There is a parashah in which the Creator compels us to be holy, as He Himself is: Parashat Kedoshim. Our...

The parashah that we are reading this week is Parashat Devarim. It is the first of the 5th and last book of the Torah. In this parashah...

This week we read two parshiot that, depending on the year, are read together or separately. This year, together (or mechubarot). In...

Who is Pinchas? Pinchas is both the hero and the antihero, depending on who judges it. Pinchas is someone who takes justice into his own...

In recent weeks we have seen how the People of Israel faced enemies and defeated them one by one, with the help and spiritual support of...

What a sad parashah...! A parashah in which there are important farewells and major losses. The first is the death of Miryam. So it...

Why do we choose to be Masortim? In our Temple affiliation, we rarely find ourselves faced with the situation of choosing which Movement...

How difficult is the election season, when we need to choose for the right candidates! How does a person realize if a candidate speaks to...

The expression “it depends on the eye that looks at it”, or similar expressions, show us that each one of us has more than one point of...

Suppose someone told you that you are no longer good for what you have dedicated your whole life to; what would you do? How would you...

How many of us are grateful to those around us? I suppose everyone would say that they are… But, let's see: how many of us are grateful,...

The year was 1935 and the Spanish government was making elaborate plans to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Rambam's birth....

How do we know when the right time to do something has come? How do we know that the conditions are given to make a decision and that it...

Fifty-five years ago we woke up with the news that our brothers in Medinat Israel were in shelters, the soldiers at the front, the...

In this section of the Torah, Parashat Behar, we have several precepts that were more than renewals for the society of that time in which...

I like to find the little messages within the parshiot, within each of the sections of our Torah. And they are always there. In each...

Let's talk about Holiness. The concept of kadosh is complicated. It is usually understood and translates as something Holy. It seems to...

Pesach is over. We are in full count of the Omer. A custom that we usually leave aside for "those who comply", or "for the orthodox", or...

Acharei Mot is a parashah that resonates with us. Precisely, it is the parashah that we read on Yom Kippur. It is the one that surely...