Changing how we perceive challenges This week’s Torah reading focuses on our Patriarch Abraham, who was faced with many hardships on his way to become one of the greatest people […]
Weekly Torah Portion
Insight and themes on the weekly Torah portion (parshah) read aloud in synagogue.
The late Rebbetzin Rishel Kotler, wife of the great Rosh Yeshiva of world-renowned yeshiva Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey, Rabbi Shneur Kotler, used to tell over a simple […]
Oorah’s Thursday Thought series starts the new Torah cycle with a thought-provoking look at the Torah portion of this week, Parshas Bereishis, featuring Oorah’s TorahMates Coordinator Rabbi Mordechai Beer. Short […]
The holiday of Sukkot is one of the most joyous ones on the calendar, in fact Zman Simchateinu (the time of our joy) is one of its names! What better […]
1. I once overheard a man telling over the following true story: He was driving in some hick town and was pulled over by a cop for speeding. This police […]
Every Jew is a child of The King The verse in this week’s Torah reading (14:1) states as follows: “You arechildren of God, do not mutilate yourselves and do not […]
A concept that we as Jews are well acquainted with and a word we hear often is golus (or galut, depending on where you’re from), exile. Particularly at this time […]
Enjoy a thought on the Torah portion of this week, Parshat Pinchas, featuring TorahMates coordinator Rabbi Mordechai Horovitz.
The stage was set. The man of G-d traveled along the lonely mountain road on the way to his destination. He was about to achieve immortality – he would go […]
This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Balak, takes place just after the Jewish People conquered Emor and Bashan. The king of Moav, Balak, gets nervous that his nation will be conquered […]
