If you come across a bird’s nest on any tree or on the ground, and it contains baby birds or eggs, then, if the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with her ...

There are moments in Jewish life when time seems to collapse in on itself. A newborn is brought into the sanctuary for a baby naming. Parents stand exhausted and glowing. Grandparents wipe tears from ...

This week’s Torah reading juxtaposes two seemingly unconnected mitzvos. The Torah tells us about the Nazir – a person who took a particular oath and then needed to abstain from wine, from cutting ...

And you complained in your tents and said: "because Hashem hates us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Emori to destroy us." (Dvarim 1:27) This is related ...

So much of Torah is metaphor. Indeed, if we read this classic Jewish text only according to its plane meaning we miss the greater truths and the richer opportunities for understanding and ...

“Sharing Torah with the congregation” is the most important skill for bnei mitzvah, he believes, and his latest book is aimed as a guide for teenagers on how to prepare their dvar Torah.

This week’s Torah portion is Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1 — 15:33 The double-portion of Tazria-Metzora comes along with all its gore and troubling detail, reminding us that the Torah — like life — ...