Va'etchanan - Weekly Torah Portion
No matter when it happens a leader retiring from a leadership position will have that urge to find a way to continue to lead. Moses is no...


Devarim (Deuteronomy) - Weekly Torah Portion
“These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan” are the opening words of Deuteronomy, the last of the five books...


Mas'ei - Weekly Torah Portion
One of the topics that this week’s portion of the Torah deals with is that of the cities of refuge. When the Israelites enter the land,...


Matot - weekly Torah portion
We are now in the period known as The Three Weeks, that occur between the 17th day of Tamuz and the 9th of Av. A mourning period of an...


Pinchas - weekly Torah portion
Judaism is quite content with the challenging of known laws and when necessary these laws can be changed. Five women, “Mahlah, Noah and...


Balak - weekly Torah portion
I am confident that in our crowd everyone knows the story of Balaam who is summoned to Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab. Balak...


Chukat - weekly Torah portion
Miriam dies, is buried and the water expires. “The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, ‘If only we had perished when our...


Korach - weekly Torah portion
We all remember well the tale of Korah’s rebellion. He and his followers rise against the leadership of Moses and Aaron and die because...


Behaalotcha- weekly Torah portion
Complaints, more complaints, and even further complaints. God has it easy in these cases, “Now the people became like those who complain...


Nesa- weekly Torah portion
This week we read from the Book of Numbers the section “Naso” that includes two interesting topics that appear one after the other. The...

