Maybe your Rabbi stopped giving his weekly class ever since The Covid Thing happened, maybe you’re on the hunt for a new challenge, or maybe you just think it would […]
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Everything You Need to Know about Passover Download Print Version We designed Oorah’s holiday guides to help you find your way around the Yomim Tovim that mark the Jewish year. […]
Pharaoh’s Refusal and the Loss of Free Will In this week’s Torah reading, Parshat Va’eira, Moses is sent by God to inflict plagues upon the Egyptians for refusing to let […]
How to let go and let God Pharaoh’s Plan This week’s Torah reading, Parshat Shemot, discusses the difficult enslavement forced upon the sons of Israel. One day, the stargazers told […]
Exploring the reason behind our desire to fit in Yosef’s Strategy in Presenting His Brothers to Pharaoh In this week’s Torah reading, Parshas Vayigash, the family of Yaakov (Jacob) moves […]
Everything You Need to Know About Chanukah Light Up Your Chanukah! While you’re enjoying the lights of your menorah and the delicious tastes of crispy hot latkes and jelly donuts, […]
In this week’s Torah reading, Parshas Vayetzei, our forefather Yaakov (Jacob) worked for his father-in-law, Lavan (Laban), as a shepherd. At a certain point, they agreed that whichever new animals […]
Parshas Chayei Sarah describes the journey of Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, who was sent on a mission to Padan Aram to find a wife for his master’s son, Isaac. As Eliezer […]
Avraham Avinu (our Patriarch Abraham) found special favor in the eyes of God. The reason for this is given explicitly in the verse in this week’s Torah reading (18:19), as […]
Shabbat On The Seventh Day This week’s Torah reading details the creation of the universe. God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. The conclusion of […]
