Tag: Covenant & Conversation

The Dangers of Enthusiasm (Shemini 5776)

29th March 2016

Excavating the history of words can sometimes be as revealing as excavating the ruins of an ancient city. Take the … Read more

21st March 2016

One of the most difficult elements of the Torah and the way of life it prescribes is the phenomenon of … Read more

7th March 2016

Sitting is the new smoking. So goes the new health mantra. Spend too much time at a desk or in … Read more

29th February 2016

At the beginning of Vayakhel Moses performs a tikkun, a mending of the past, namely the sin of the Golden … Read more

15th February 2016

Beethoven rose each morning at dawn and made himself coffee. He was fastidious about this: each cup had to be … Read more

8th February 2016

It was the first Israelite house of worship, the first home Jews made for God. But the very idea is … Read more

1st February 2016

One of the most famous phrases in the Torah makes its appearance in this week’s parsha. It has often been … Read more

18th January 2016

The first translation of the Torah into another language – Greek – took place in around the second century BCE, … Read more

11th January 2016

The American writer Bruce Feiler recently published a best-selling book entitled The Secrets of Happy Families.[1] It’s an engaging work … Read more

4th January 2016

The Torah sometimes says something of fundamental importance in what seems like a minor and incidental comment. There is a … Read more