Studying some parts of the Pentateuch, one wonders if they are truly necessary. For example, this portion begins with a ...

We know who we are. They cannot fathom it. Our tireless efforts to explain may fall on deaf ears – but we hear, and we know.

While they share Jewish roots with American Jews, there can be cultural differences, different social customs and ways of ...

Thus was completed all the work of the Tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting. The Israelites did so; just as the Eternal had ...

Moses assembled the entire community of the ... These are the people who built the Tabernacle, G-d’s house, and yet made sure they would not violate the Sabbath. The term “wise of heart ...

Before the destruction of the First Temple, the Ark of the Covenant disappeared. Archaeologists are now scanning through ...

Nissan, as described in our maftir aliyah, is to be the “first of the months”, and it is our original new year. It’s a sign ...

Arguing that the Book of Leviticus (Vayikra), dealing mainly with the laws of sacrifices in the Tabernacle ... and ambiguity” appear to have been built into the Book of Leviticus.” ...

Moses specifies the materials required for the Tabernacle and its sacred vessels ... Everyone gives in life. The world is built on giving and receiving. But the difference between forced giving ...