Our portion this week is the beginning of God’s making a way for mankind to be redeemed from the Fall at Eden.

For our Torah studies this year, therefore, week by week we will seek to discover how all of Torah prepared the way for the coming Messiah. This week, our Bible study takes us to the end of Exodus. It ...

This Shabbat we read the double portion of Vayakhel–Pekudei as part of the weekly Torah cycle. Because it is also the eve of the month of Nisan, we read an additional section from Exodus 12, known as ...

Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...

A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a ...

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Is the Torah too rigid? Does it restrict the mind and body, and ultimately the life? The Avner Institute presents the Rebbe’s ...

Last week, our communities gathered to mark the one-year yahrzeit observance of the tragedy of Oct. 7. While each communal event was different, there were common themes. Foremost, of course, was the ...