Timeless Torah

The greatness of man is measured by his ability to do good (and bad). Indeed, the only way man can grab some headlines in Torah is by recognizing that fact.  read more »

A dozen roses can work wonders for husbands and wives. But the perfect rose comes from the woman’s declaration of, “I saw a rose.” This is the perfect rose that couples offer G-d Himself.  read more »

The distinguishing mark of Jewish identity is the covenant of circumcision. This mitzvah carries immense significance. More importantly, it is less a state of doing than a state of being.  read more »

We can all acknowledge a basic truth as being correct, even preach it to others, while at the same time overlook its simple application to our own lives. Why are we so blind to our own faults?  read more »

“Did you ask the person in the window seat to trade places?” Customer: “I was not able to! There was no one in the seat.” If a person wants to correct himself, he need not always receive help from others.  read more »

Counting Up and Down: Nature vs. Nurture

Why, in the counting of the Omer do we move down instead of up? Why do we move from chesed of chesed down to malchus of malchus? Why not move up from malchus to chesed and then finally to the 50th Gate, bina?  read more »

his week’s reading begins with the command that has forever been a distinguishing mark of Jewish identity, circumcision. The traditional name for this act is brit milah, literally, “the covenant of circumcision.” It is the only command that explicitly binds the Jew to G-d. Clearly this mitzvah which carries immense significance, is less a state of doing than a state of being.  read more »

Try to imagine living in G-d’s presence. A world where bread rains down from your heavens, water flows from a traveling rock, your local sanctuary produces miracles on a daily basis, and Divine punishment and reward are something are something you wittness rather than just believe in. This fantasy state, in fact, did once exist. It occured during the infancy of the Jewish people while they were still living in the desert.  read more »

The titles of the weekly Torah portions are not merely labels to differentiate one portion from the next. Each title written in Hebrew, the holy language, clues us in to the essential theme of the Parsha. It is then surprising to discover that the name of this week's Biblical section is Tazria and not Isha.  read more »