Parsha

  By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute Where Is Sodom? Sodom is generally identified on the southern bank of the Dead Sea, some 390m below sea level, and it is the lowest...

  By Rabbi Yossy Goldman Last week, Avraham received his marching orders from G-d: “Lech-lecha – go from your land, your birthplace, your father’s house, to the land I will show...

By Dr. Yael Ziegler Sodom is the Bible’s model of how not to build a society. Though it is prosperous and tranquil, these advantages do not foster generosity or consideration...

By Mrs. Sara Munk I have always been taught that the Torah only shares with us exactly what we need to know. There are no extra details and no missing...

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman The weekly parashah is enlivened these days with the arrival of Avraham on the biblical scene. Our founding father brings new life to the world as...

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman The world loves a hero. Every season, Hollywood has to invent new heroes and superheroes to fill the box office coffers. And it works. Why? Well,...

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman For a change, let’s talk a little philosophy. From the first verse of the Torah it seems that once upon a “time” there was nothing. Then...

By Rabbi Yossy Goldman “And the L‑rd said, ‘Let there be light.’” — Bereishis 1:3 Light has always been the most favored metaphor for all forms of revelation. The “G‑dly light,” “Divine...

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute In the Minchah haftarah of Yom Kippur, we read from the book of Yonah on his prophecy of the destruction of Ninveh. After the...

By Rabbi Mordechai Young Ah, the good memories of the ice-cream truck coming down the block. Good Humor had four ice-cream bars on a stick, and every once in a...