Toldot - Weekly Torah Portion
People seek proof, nations demand them. Malachi, in the Haftarah for this week, says, “ ‘I have loved you,’ says the Lord. But you say,...


Chayei Sarah - Weekly Torah Portion
It cannot be easy to be a son of a king. Sometimes it is not the fault of the son but rather that of the father. We read from the...


Vayera - Weekly Torah Portion
It does not require much imagination to understand the connection between the reading of this week’s portion of the Torah, Vayera, and...


Lech-Lecha - Weekly Torah Portion
Most of us would surely recognize the opening sentence of this week’s reading from the Torah. “Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your...


Noah - Weekly Torah Portion
The Haftarah for this week comes from the book of Isiah where the prophet calls, “Enlarge the place of your tent; / Stretch out the...


Bereshit - Weekly Torah Portion
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep,...


Simchat Torah 5781 - Weekly Torah Portion
There is something fascinating about the tradition of Simchat Torah where on the very day that the Torah reading is concluded, and...


Succoth 5781 - Weekly Torah Portion
In Leviticus chapter 23 we read the following, “Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘On the...


Ha’azinu-Shabbat Shuva - Weekly Torah Portion
It is not the threats of a pandemic that have to be the focus of the discourse during the days between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur....


Rosh HaShana 5781 - Weekly Torah Portion
On Rosh HaShana we read of two cases where Abraham is put to the test. The first happens almost immediately after his son is born to his...

