Torah, Talmud & Study

3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (208+ words) We have all been there. That moment where you know—with absolute certainty—that a particular choice will lead …...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (626+ words) Summary: In hard moments, breathe and let the Divine flow through you to reshape everything. Step Aside and Let a Greater Power Work Here’s the truth we so easily forget in the heat of a hard moment. You are not…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (673+ words) Every year on the 25th of Elul, while Jews around the world recite Selichot and prepare for Rosh Hashanah, my family marks the yahrzeit of my Zeidi, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Mordechai Hershberg, zt”l. I never had the privilege of meeting…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (420+ words) Driving through cities across Israel, you’ll often come across a familiar name: Rav Mordechai Eliyahu. It appears on street signs in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Netanya, Lod and beyond. The fact that so many streets are named for someone who passed…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (15+ words) How A Catholic Attorney on Rosh Hashanah Became ‘King of the Jews’ The Jewish Link...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1321+ words) Bete Israel’s traditions of creation, purification and remembrance offer a counterpoint to rabbinic Judaism’s focus on judgment, raising a deeper question about human responsibility for the world entrusted to us...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (204+ words) By Rabbi Josh Jacobs-Velde One of my favorite readings for the High Holy Days, one that we have shared for multiple years at our synagogue, comes from the well-known Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron: What I love about this teaching is…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (499+ words) By Rabbi David Levin Nobody is sacrificed on either morning. We move past that faster than it deserves. Begin with what they were called, because neither boy was given a name of his own. Yishmael, “God will hear,” is assigned…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (275+ words) Fascinatingly, the word “doubt" does not appear in the Torah because, even in the most challenging circumstances, God’s presence is never absent. This is one of the central messages of Rosh Hashanah, reflected in King Avimelech’s observation about Abraham in…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (621+ words) We live in a deeply polarizing time. Too many people have lost the ability or willingness to tolerate those who look different, think differently or hold different beliefs. We have seen a troubling rise in bigotry, racism, intolerance and, particularly,…...