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Parashat Bereishit: The world of water
Water is also the thread that connects the festival of Sukkot, which we recently concluded, with the first Torah portion, Parashat Bereishit, read on the first Shabbat after Sukkot.
The imagination that began it all: The Persian-Jewish poet bringing Genesis back to life - opinion
Simchat Torah 2026: What exactly are we so joyous about?
An unimaginable idea: When does God ignore idolatry by Jews?
Parashat Chayei Sara: ‘Ger v’toshav’ – unfinished belonging
Until our people are gathered and the land is restored, we remain wanderers yearning for wholeness.
Parashat Chayei Sarah: All are equally good
Sarah’s greatest achievement was her ability to live calmly and serenely
Hebron and Gaza: Ishmael's descendants fight relentlessly against the Jews - opinion
The descendants of Ishmael are determined to fight the Jews relentlessly – and the world favors them, in the 1920s and again today.
Parashat Vayera: Faith is stronger than reality
Can faith prevail over reason and reality? Scripture’s answer is clear. What seems impossible to man is never beyond the power of God.
Parashat Lech Lecha: The call of aliyah
From Yemenite Jews in Operation Magic Carpet to Soviet refuseniks, Ethiopian families, and Bnei Menashe from India, Isaiah’s vision has been realized in our own time.
Parashat Lech Lecha: From Everyman to hero
The Torah presents Abraham not as a spiritual giant chosen by default but as Everyman. He is not depicted as a polished hero with prior accomplishments but as an ordinary person.
Parashat Lech Lecha: Hagar and the God who sees
The story of Hagar reminds us that sovereignty brings with it responsibility – to see, to hear, and to act with compassion toward those who remain vulnerable in our midst.
Parashat Lech Lecha: Abraham and Lot's remarkable journey
Even the loftiest goal on Earth must never be achieved through harming or insulting another person.
Parashat Noah: Olive leaf from paradise
Even now, our hearts beat together with those of the heroes and freed hostages, who for two years suffered in the tunnels of darkness and the shadow of death.
Message of Isaiah in Parashat Noah: Expanding Israel's borders a vision of redemption after exile
Just as Noah emerged from the ark to rebuild civilization, Israel emerges from centuries of dispersion to rebuild its land and infuse it with holiness.
