From Golden Calf to Golden Miskan
Just a few chapters before Vayakhel–Pekudei, the Israelites commit one of the most shocking sins in the Torah: the Golden Calf. Fresh from hearing “You shall have no other gods […]

Jewish Learning for Every Journey

Jewish Learning for Every Journey
Just a few chapters before Vayakhel–Pekudei, the Israelites commit one of the most shocking sins in the Torah: the Golden Calf. Fresh from hearing “You shall have no other gods […]
If Passover itself is built on the number four, then the weeks leading up to it are built on lists. Shopping lists, cleaning lists, guest lists, menus scribbled in […]
This week’s parasha, Ki Tissa, brings us face to face with one of the lowest points in our history: the sin of the Golden Calf. At the very same […]
Passover is a holiday centered around the number four. Four cups of wine, four questions, four sons, and more. The number four appears repeatedly in the Haggadah. Because of […]
On Shabbat Zachor, we read a short but powerful passage about Amalek: “Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey, after you left Egypt—how he happened upon you on […]
Question I was always taught that Mourners Kaddish should only be recited for immediate family. In the last several years I’ve seen all people stand and recite Kaddish. When […]
Parashat Terumah opens with a fascinating paradox about giving. God tells Moshe: “Speak to the Children of Israel, and let them take for Me an offering; from every person […]
Parasahat Mishpatim prompts us to ask: what happens the day after Sinai? After thunder, lightning, and the Ten Commandments, what does it truly look like to live with God’s revelation? […]
Many American Jews have seen the commercial that aired during the Super Bowl called “Sticky Note.” If you haven’t seen or heard of it, you can click below to […]
At the start of Parashat Yitro, Yitro sees Moshe sitting and judging the people “from morning until evening.” He bluntly tells him, “The thing you are doing is not […]