Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are not Charles Dickens’ London and Paris but in a similar way, these two cities capture in their characteristics Israel’s variety, diversity, heterogeneousness and color. And … Continued
Parashat R’eih (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:12)
“Together with your households, you shall feast there before the Lord your god, happy in all the undertakings in which the Lord your God has blessed you.” (Deut. 12:7) Parashat … Continued
Parashat Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25)
“For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams and springs and fountains issuing from plain and hill.” (Deuteronomy 8:7) Rabbi Abraham Joshua … Continued
Parashat Va-etchanan (Deut. 3:23-7:11)
“Or what great nation has laws and rules as perfect as all this Torah is set before you this day?” (Deuteronomy 4:8) Parashat Va-etchanan opens with Moses recounting his pleading … Continued
Parashat D’varim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22)
“You shall not be partial in judgement: hear out low and high alike…” (Deuteronomy 1:17) “…The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” is arguably one of the … Continued
Parashat Mattot-Masei (Numbers 30:32-36:13)
“Instruct the Israelite people and say to them: when you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as your portion…” (Numbers 34:2) Chalutzim … Continued
The language of art
We are in the midst of the period between the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tamuz and the Ninth of Av (July 5 –26 of this year) when the … Continued
Parashat Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)
“Say, therefore, ‘I grant him My pact of friendship.” (Numbers 25:12) Parashat Pinchas includes the fourth instance in the Torah of Moses turning to God for a legal ruling. The … Continued
Parashat Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9)
“And the children of Israel set forward, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of Jordan by Jericho.” (Num. 22:1) Everybody loves Parashat Balak. It’s got a … Continued
Parashat Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1)
“The Israelites then marched on and encamped in the steppes of Moav, across the Jordan from Jericho.” (Numbers 22:1) The ancient Greeks believed hubris is the source of human tragedy. … Continued