In this week's parasha, Leah thanks G-d when Yehuda is born and we thank G-d every morning before we get out of bed.

May we take this poignant lesson to heart, and understand that Eretz Yisrael cannot be bargained for. It is our land, and the ...

In 1916 in Switzerland Rav Kook wrote: “The kindness of Avraham extends to everyone in the world…The Holy One therefore brought forth the priesthood from Avraham – ‘You are a priest forever. (Tehillim ...

Tens of thousands of people from all segments of the Jewish community flocked to Hebron last Shabbos for Parshat Chayei Sarah ...

The Lord said to Moses in the Sinai desert, in the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month, in the second year after the exodus from the land of Egypt, saying (2) Take the sum of all the ...

Rabbi David Kaufman has been the Rabbi of Temple B’nai Jeshurun, in Des Moines, Iowa, since May of 2003. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Rabbi Kaufman received his ordination from Hebrew Union College- ...

Named one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2016 and again in 2017, Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek and one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by The ...

The Kohanim and Leviim did not have a share in the Land, it was therefore up to the other tribes to provide for them. In Parshat Shoftim we read about a few of these gifts that are given to the Kohen ...

Moshe wrote the first portion of the Torah (from Bereishit until Matan Torah) and awoke early to build an altar at the foot of the mountain, together with twelve stone monuments, one for each tribe.

The power of the legal system is in many ways the closest humans can come to godliness. It is through the rule of law that humans create order out of chaos, rein in the powerful from abusing the weak, ...