Dressing to Impress (Tetzaveh 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! Tetzaveh, with its elaborate description of the “sacred vestments” which the Priests … Read more
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What Do We Receive When We Give? (Terumah 5780)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here! The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Tell the Israelites to take an offering … Read more
Between Hope and Humanity (Shemini 5779)
It should have been the great day of celebration. The Tabernacle, Israel’s first collective house of worship, was complete. All … Read more
The Beauty of Holiness or the Holiness of Beauty (Vayakhel 5779)
Download the accompanying Family Edition here. In Ki Tissa and in Vayakhel we encounter the figure of Betzalel, a … Read more
Making Space (Vayakhel & Pekudei 5778)
With this week’s double parsha, with its long account of the construction of the sanctuary – one of the longest … Read more
Why We Value What We Make (Terumah 5778)
The behavioural economist Dan Ariely did a series of experiments on what is known as the IKEA effect, or “why … Read more
The Pursuit of Peace (Naso 5777)
The parsha of Naso seems, on the face of it, to be a heterogeneous collection of utterly unrelated items. First … Read more
The Sabbath: First Day Or Last? (Ki Tissa 5777)
In the immensely lengthy and detailed account of the making of the Tabernacle, the Torah tells the story twice: first … Read more
The Architecture of Holiness (Terumah 5777)
From here to the end of the book of Exodus the Torah describes, in painstaking detail and great length, the … Read more
The Gift of Giving (Terumah 5776)
It was the first Israelite house of worship, the first home Jews made for God. But the very idea is … Read more
