Libi BaMizrach

This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, is almost entirely devoted to clothing. Not ordinary clothing. The Bigdei Kehunah — the priestly garmen...

The Ten Commandments occupy a unique and exalted place in the Torah. Much has been written by our sages about why these ten, of all mitzvot,...

On a recent visit to the United States, I felt an unfamiliar disorientation. It began with the mundane: a quick trip to the grocery store an...

A study of Parashat Vayishlach   We arrive at Parashat Vayishlach during a week — during an era — in which the Jewish people again find th...

On the eve of Yom Kippur, I sit and wonder what my dear friend, Rav Dov Fisher z”l, might be thinking.  He passed away last night, yet due t...

  בס"ד It is the beginning of the seven weeks of Nechama. We typically understand Nechama to mean consolation—something we, as a Nation...

As we enter the period of the Four Parshiyot, which ushers in the Pesach season—a time when we long for Geulah (Redemption) more than any ot...