By Akiva Gersh View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet There is a well known Midrash [1] (an originally oral teaching that comes to explain the written Torah) that tells of G-d taking Adam on a tour of the world shortly after his creation. At the end of the tour, G-d says to Adam, “Now, make sure […]
By Matthew Mausner View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet “…You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.Turn and journey, and come to the mountain of the Amorites and to all its neighboring places, in the plain, on the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the south and by the seashore, the land […]
By Tuvia Aronson The journeys of Bnei Yisrael through the desert serve as a paradigm for our connections with the various parts of the land upon which we tread. The early Torah commentators are puzzled by the seemingly extra words used to describe the 42 pitstops along the great hike in the wilderness. (Dr. […]
By Dr Jon Greenberg View a Printable Versionl View a Source Sheet In this week’s Torah portion, G-d tells Moses: “Command the Children of Israel that they shall give to the Levites, from the heritage of their possession, cities for dwelling; and open space all around the cities shall you give to the Levites. The […]
By Rabbi Yonatan Neril View a Printable Version | View a Source Sheet This week’s Torah portion, Mattos, conveys a profound message about the ways in which we struggle to balance material and spiritual aspirations. With the Jewish people poised on the east bank of the Jordan River in what is now modern-day Jordan, the tribes […]
