Noach was a tenth-generation descendant of Adam Harishon. And he and his family were the only descendants of Adam to not suffer the terrible fate of those who lived during the time of the flood. He is ...

A man once petitioned Rabbi Nosson of Breslov for a blessing to find his match. He complained that he had been seeking the right woman for many years and had still not found her. Rabbo Nosson ...

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Ever since the yearly cycle of Torah readings was standardised towards the end of the Second Temple era, and the fixed calendar as calculated by Hillel II (Hillel ben Yehudah, Nasi or head of the ...

From July 4 to July 6, Jerusalem-based Rabbi Yonatan Neril, founder and director of Jewish Eco Seminars and the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, spoke at various locations throughout ...

“Let us pass through your land. We will not venture into fields or vineyards or drink well-water. We will walk along the king’s road until we have passed through your territory.” ~ Numbers 21:22 We’ve ...

This Torah portion focuses more on mortality than any other. It is sadly an appropriate reading for this week, especially in Boulder, with the sudden passing of a beloved member of the Jewish ...

In Parashat Chukat, the people of Israel are complaining again – this time for lack of water. God tells Moses to speak to a rock and water will flow through it, but Moses gets angry and strikes the ...

As Ramban points out, it is unclear from the psukim what exactly Moshe and Aharon did wrong in the incident of “Mei Meriva”. Rashi famously brings down from the Midrash that Moshe was meant to speak, ...