The act of giving blessing creates connection. Hopefully, we do not wait until the end of our lives to create or facilitate ...

It is one of the great visions of the Torah. Jacob, alone at night ... He saw a ladder resting on the earth, with its top reaching heaven. God’s angels were going up and down on it.

There was a major shift in the world of Torah scholarship 2,200 years ago. A new light was born in response to the Greeks' ...

Flames were already attacking the campus of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center when the cantor, Ruth Berman Harris, and three ...

The Sublimity of Insincerity Thoughts on Torah Portion Vayechi 2024 ©Rabbi Mordecai Finley There is one passage in our Torah ...

That innocent little top, with a Hebrew letter carved on each side, carries within it a great deal of Jewish history and ...

In our Torah portion, Va-Yishlach ... who had instigated this plan at the implied behest of God. By urging Jacob to carry of the ruse, Jacob certainly had the blessing of his mother.

Instead, he creates the world in a way that will simultaneously introduce one of the most important ideas in the Torah. God creates the world with nine, "And God saids" – teaching us how ...

Highlighting over 150 common misconceptions about God, biblical figures, and Torah narratives, he encourages a deeper understanding of the Bible’s complexities while embracing its ambiguities.

Our Torah portion Vayishlach presents a moving monologue Jacob delivers before the creator. He begins by acknowledging God’s great kindness toward him, from the time he fled his parents’ home ...