The Dangers of Enthusiasm (Shemini 5776)
Excavating the history of words can sometimes be as revealing as excavating the ruins of an ancient city. Take the … Read more
Excavating the history of words can sometimes be as revealing as excavating the ruins of an ancient city. Take the … Read more
One of the most difficult elements of the Torah and the way of life it prescribes is the phenomenon of … Read more
Sitting is the new smoking. So goes the new health mantra. Spend too much time at a desk or in … Read more
At the beginning of Vayakhel Moses performs a tikkun, a mending of the past, namely the sin of the Golden … Read more
Beethoven rose each morning at dawn and made himself coffee. He was fastidious about this: each cup had to be … Read more
It was the first Israelite house of worship, the first home Jews made for God. But the very idea is … Read more
One of the most famous phrases in the Torah makes its appearance in this week’s parsha. It has often been … Read more
The first translation of the Torah into another language – Greek – took place in around the second century BCE, … Read more
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
The Torah sometimes says something of fundamental importance in what seems like a minor and incidental comment. There is a … Read more