For Yechezkel, the process of purification is placed within the national life of Israel to restore the people as a whole. Unlike Parshat Para, which focuses on the restoration of an individual so they ...

On the Shabbat before Purim, as Jewish communities across the world stood to hear Parshat Zachor — the Torah’s command to ...

Haman and Amalek represent the force that brings death and destruction into the world. Mordechai - connected to the Ketoret- ...

While reading Parshat Vayishlach this year, I was struck by the imbalance between speech and silence and what it suggests about power and action. On one hand, we see Jacob’s detailed plans and spoken ...

The Kohanim and Leviim did not have a share in the Land, it was therefore up to the other tribes to provide for them. In Parshat Shoftim we read about a few of these gifts that are given to the Kohen ...

Parshat Tetzaveh continues the Torah’s narrative of the materials and components needed to create the Mishkan, with this Parshah focusing particularly on the creating of the Kohanim’s garments. The ...

Rabbi, Benjamin D. Sternman is the spiritual leader of Adat Chaverim in Plano, Texas. Rabbi Sternman received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell, followed by his MBA. He entered the world of corporate ...

In parshat Shemini: Following the seven days of their inauguration, Aaron and his sons begin to officiate as kohanim (priests). Aaron’s two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu, offer a “strange fire before ...

We, the Jewish people, will find the courage to move beyond engagement, to build our home with God in Jerusalem, and to begin a new chapter in our ancient story. There are moments in life when joy and ...