Each year, when we reopen the scroll at its very beginning to Parsha Bereshit, we enjoy a fresh start of the initial pulse of creation,...

This painting from the Dutch painter Maurycy Gotlieb is a famous picture of Jews fasting in a synagogue during Yom Kippur. Between...

Vayelech begins with a moment of deep human tenderness. Moshe Rabbeinu, the shepherd of Israel, stands before the people for the last...

The Exodus of the Twelve Tribes by Antoine Caron. This week’s parashah, Nitzavim, begins with a powerful image: “You are standing today,...

Parashat Ki Tavo speaks to a moment of transition. After years in the wilderness, Israel is on the edge of the land. The command given at...

The name of our parashah, Ki Tetze, means “When you go out” and opens with God’s instructions to Israel soldiers going out to war...