Why Wait for Prayers? The verse in this week’s Torah reading says (2:5) that although all the plants were created during the six days of creation, the plants hadn’t grown […]
Weekly Torah Portion
Insight and themes on the weekly Torah portion read aloud in synagogue.
In this week’s Torah reading we have an interesting mitzvah (commandment). The Torah instructs us (30:19) to choose life. What does it mean to choose life? By nature, every human […]
Improving Our Character: A Fundamental of Judaism The verse in this week’s Torah reading says (28:9), “And you shall go in His [God’s] ways.” The Sefer Hachinuch (Mitzvah 611) says […]
Opportunities, Not Rights In this week’s Torah reading, we have a mitzvah (commandment) to refrain from muzzling an ox while it is threshing. Why does one owe his ox to […]
At the end of this week’s Torah reading, the Torah discusses the subject of Eglah Arufah. If a corpse of a person is found on the road and it is […]
The verse in this week’s Torah reading (13:5) instructs us to follow God’s lead. What does it mean to follow God’s lead? The Sifri says that this refers to following […]
This week’s Torah reading mentions an incredible proclamation, as the verses say (10:14-15), “God owns the heavens and the highest of the heavens, the land and all it contains. Only […]
In this week’s Torah reading, Moses rebuked the Jews in the desert for crying over entering the Land of Israel. As they neared the Promised Land after leaving Egypt, they […]
In this week’s Torah reading, the Jews went to war against the people of Midian, as God commanded Moses that they should do. When the men returned from the war, […]
In the beginning of this week’s Torah reading, Balak sent messengers to Bilam to request that he curse the Jewish Nation. Bilam told them that he cannot go without permission […]