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YORAM RAANAN, ‘The Three Pillars,’ 100 x 70 cm., acrylic on canvas.

Parashat Noah: Upholding the world

By MEIRA RAANAN , ESTHER CAMERON

THE MAGNIFICENT creation had decayed and become corrupt.

Parashat Noah: Perhaps they will repent

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

An illustrative image of plants shaped like the Earth's continents.

Parashat Bereshit: A world of building and creation

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

DOES GOD exist, and if so, how does He interface with the universe?

Parashat Nitzavim: A personal covenant with God

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

‘LOOK FORTH from Thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Thy people Israel, and the land which Thou hast given us, as Thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ (‘Deuteronomy’ 26:15)

Parashat Ki Tavo: Choice, decency, observance of commandments, and Torah study

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

An illustrative image of a married couple.

Parashat Ki Tetze: Commitment, abilities, and results

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

An illustrative image depicting a question mark.

Parashat Shoftim: Balancing moral decisions and personal interests

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Investment graph

Having trust in the process: Pursuing righteousness and investing

By AARON KATSMAN

SENNACHERIB, KING of Assyria, in a war chariot, returning from victory in battle. Engraving; British Museum, London.

Parashat Re'eh: Why didn’t the Israelites come to the Temple in Jerusalem?

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

View of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, February 17, 2024

The unrevealed sanctuary: Why Yerushalayim was kept a mystery

By Mark Fish

Anat Meir mourn near her husband grave Sayeret Matkal soldier David Meir, who was killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7 at the battle on Kibbutz Be'eri, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on July 9, 2024.

Kaddish period for Oct. 7 victims ends this week. What does that mean?

By Sivan Rahav Meir

PROSPERITY CAN lead to forgetfulness (Illustrative).

Parashat Ekev: The remembering person

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

WE MUST learn from God’s response to the people’s request.

Parashat Devarim: Allowing the mistake

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Teaching through love: Moshe Rabenu's method of Rebuke

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By Mark Fish

FEAR DROVE the Moabites to lead the Israelites into sin.

Parashat Matot-Masei: The difference between fear and evil

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

TRUE EUROPEAN colonialism: Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, takes the salute from the Governor General’s Bodyguard in New Delhi as he takes up his position as viceroy of India, 1947.

Chosen for, not chosen from: Reclaiming our moral mission as Jews

By MOSHE TARAGIN

THE END of Moses’s role was not a failure but the conquest of another peak. Pictured: Mount Everest.

Parashat Pinhas: How Moses ended his role as leader of the Jewish people

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

DID THE people of Israel have any real reason to fear Balaam’s curse?

Parashat Balak: Can God be bribed?

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ