The Torah’s Silent Years: What Happened Between Parah Adumah and Mei Merivah?
After Parashat Chukat’s opening laws of the red heifer, the Torah suddenly jumps. We move from the second year in the wilderness to the first month of the fortieth […]
Holy Chutzpah: When Moses Pushes Back
Moses in Numbers 14 doesn’t just beg; he practices what we might call holy chutzpah—a bold, risky way of speaking to God that almost looks like forcing God’s hand […]
Opening the Door, Guarding the Core: Non‑Jews at the Seder
On Pesach night, we sit at a table without a Temple, without a lamb on the fire, but with a Haggadah in our hands and an open door in […]