The Romans named the seventh day Saturday, based on the Roman god Saturn. The word means “enough.” Saturn’s reign was ...

The tenth and eleventh weekly Torah readings from Exodus, Vayakkel (35:1-38:20) and Pekekudei (38:21-40:38) deal with the construction of the Tabernacle during Moses’s time. Many readers think the ...

God chooses Bezalel, his assistant Oholiab, and every skilled craftsman that God has found (male or female) (Exodus 31:1-6). Skilled craftsmen, like God, are creative. They, like the Sabbath, are the ...

Insights from Toras Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the Rebbe's father, presented by Shliach Rabbi Dovid Dubov of New Jersey, ...

Thomas Aquinas identifies three key attributes that define beauty ( Summa Theologica, I, Q. 39, A. 8): 1. Integrity (a statue ...

The attempt to project contemporary politics or our own aspirations onto such a sacred figure is always problematic.

Like the precious stones on the high priest’s breastplate, we are carried close to God’s heart — even in suffering.

“The Exodus story — which to Jews is a narrative ... and executive director of Eagles’ Wings and pastor of The Tabernacle in Orchard Park, New York. Rabbi Joshua Stanton is Jewish ...

The word hithallek that is used for this action of God is also used in 2 Samuel 7:6-7 describing God’s presence, which abided in the tabernacle in the days of the exodus. A second parallel can ...

The ninth weekly biblical reading in Exodus, Ki Tissa (30:11-34:35), tells us significant details about God, the Torah, and the Shabbat, revealing deep meaning and significance that should affect our ...