Explore the significance of Jacob's dream in the Torah portion Vayetze, featuring the intriguing stairway to heaven.

Too many times over the past nearly two years, I have been asked to expand my role as rabbi and assume the impossible role of prophet: Our weekly Torah portion, Bo (Exodus 10:1–13:16), is packed with ...

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If Israel, like Jacob, holds fast to its mission – even in exile, even in danger, even in darkness – then the promise of ...

All Ohr HaTorah regulars know about my little bit of a trick question: “How long did it take the Israelites to get from Mt. Sinai to the land of Canaan?” The uninitiated almost always say, “Forty ...

Yiddish World Blog ties weekly Torah portion with works of Yiddish writers For last week’s portion, the blog matches the story of Jacob’s daughter Dina with a poem about her by the poet Itsik Manger.

The first word in our portion re’eh is one of the most powerful terms found in the Torah. In fact, God is described as a ro’eh on three different levels. The first time the word is found in the Torah, ...