Our special guest this week is Rabbi Michael Melchior, the Chief Rabbi of Norway and a former Israeli Minister and Knesset member. A descendant of seven generations of Rabbis in Denmark, Melchior was ...

Pirkei Avot 5:24-Teachings of the Sages, in the name of Ben Bag-Bag, teaches, “Turn it and turn it (the Torah) – you will find everything in it.” These words have rung poignantly true in my life, ...

This week’s Torah portion is Lech-Lecha: Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 Lech-Lecha, the divine command to Abraham in Genesis 12:1, is often translated as “Go forth.” But the Hebrew is richer and much more ...

This week’s Torah portion, “Shelach,” tells the story of a people who looked at that same land – and saw either promise or defeat. Moses sends 12 leaders, one from each tribe, to scout the Land of ...

1. This week’s Torah portion is Lech Lecha, the third in the book of Genesis, following Bereishit and Noach. It can be said that we are beginning for a third time. The first two beginnings had ...

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“We saw the Nephilim there – the Anakites are part of the Nephilim – and we looked like mere grasshoppers to ourselves, and so we must have looked to them” Numbers 13:33 Become a member Support our ...

This week’s Torah portion, Shelach Lecha, opens with Moses enlisting 12 spies to scout out the land of Canaan. Their marching orders are to bring back an assessment not only of their new home, but ...