“Abraham was now old, advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.” (Genesis 24:1) Parashat Chayei Sarah presents us with history’s first crisis of Jewish continuity. … Continued
Parashat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18)
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The Meaning of a Jewish Home
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On the fourteenth of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan 94 years ago, Lord Arthur James Balfour granted the Zionist movement a unprecedented historical declaration. The Balfour Declaration was a result … Continued
Parashat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-24)
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“He said, ‘My lords, if it please you, do not go on past your servant.’” (Genesis 18:3) The Torah uses two different words, vayomer and vayera, to describe God’s interactions … Continued
Parashat Lekh Lekha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)
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“And because he put his trust in the Lord, he reckoned it to his merit.” (Genesis 15:6) If someone told you he had packed up his life and moved halfway … Continued
Parashat Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32)
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“That is why it was called Babel, because the Lord confounded the speech of the whole earth; and from there scattered them over the face of the whole earth.” (Gen. … Continued
Watch Video from the Formal Dedication of Jewish Chaplains Memorial
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Hundreds of people attended the formal dedication of the memorial to fallen Jewish chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery on October 24, 2011. After three years of intense effort by JWB … Continued
Parashat B’reishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)
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And God called the light day and the dark, night; and there was evening and there was morning, a first day (Gen. 1:5) Gilad Shalit came home yesterday after enduring … Continued
An Intellectual Light Unto the Nations
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Today the Jewish world marks the third day of Sukkot. Sukkot is one of the three pilgrimage holidays, when in ancient times the entire Jewish people came to Jerusalem to … Continued
Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot (Intermediate Shabbat of Sukkot) (Exodus 33:12-34:26)
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“A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) We make a big deal over Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, but in the Biblical … Continued
Yom Kippur
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“The whole Israelite community and the stranger residing among them shall be forgiven, for it happened to the entire people through error.” (Numbers 15:26) Something peculiar will happen today, Friday, … Continued