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 ...

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 ...

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In a famous verse, Moses exhorted the people to acquire reverence for God: וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל — מָה ה’ אֱ-לֹהֶיךָ שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּךְ? כִּי אִם לְיִרְאָה אֶת ה’ אֱ-לֹהֶיךָ ...

This week we are reading a double portion, but we still haven’t left the number ‘eight’. The parasha opens with a few verses talking about a brit Milah – a circumcision on the eighth day, but then ...

“Losing a friend is one of the great, under-reported tragedies of adult life.’’ This poignant truth, shared between two members of a clergy search committee in Michelle Huneven’s 2022 novel “Search,” ...

The Torah explicates how the high priest undertakes the task of declaring someone a metzora (a person afflicted with a rare skin disease): “And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the ...

Welcome back to the Parsha Studio! In this week’s Parsha, Tazria, Miriam, who was the sister of Moshe Rabeinu, spoke negatively about her brother Moshe. As a punishment for her words, she was struck ...

The Rabbi of Chelm appeared to be looking for something in his clothing. He was going through his pockets, coat and pants, searching. At last, he found what he was looking for: a small piece of folded ...

After explaining the laws of childbirth, the laws of the metzora are presented (Leviticus 13). While many translate metzora as leprosy, in truth there is no exact English equivalent. In general, it ...