Rabbi Benjamin David This week’s Torah portion is Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1 — 15:33 The double-portion of Tazria-Metzora comes along with all its gore and troubling detail,... Geri Newburge This ...

Shavuot is the festival when Jews eat cheesecake and celebrate “matan Torah,” literally, “the giving of the Torah” at Mount Sinai. It conjures up images of the tablets being handed to Moses in the ...

For as long as I can remember, the sound of Torah reading has carried something timeless. Whether it was a weekday minyan or a crowded Shabbat morning, those ancient melodies always connected me to ...

This week’s Torah portion is Mishpatim: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 The plot of the Torah is not mysterious. It is not convoluted. It’s just easy to lose in the fascinating details that we rabbis, going back ...

This short animated film teaches the lessons of the Holocaust to young children. Based on Marvell Ginsburg’s beloved children’s book of the same name, THE TATTOOED TORAH recounts the true story of the ...

In most of our synagogues, upon conclusion of the public reading of the Torah, the scroll is lifted for all to see, and the congregation recites: "And this is the Torah that Moses placed before the ...