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Over-indulging in worldly desires can take one down a negative road.

Parashat Vayikra: Sacrifices, essence, and meaning

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

The king of Spain was outraged: “Cut out his tongue”

By David Berger

MOSES PROVIDED a meticulous accounting of every donation collected for the Mishkan.

Parashat Pekudei: Don’t walk away

By MOSHE TARAGIN

A LEADER should choose the alternative path.

Parashat Pekudei: The beauty of transparency

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

After a year of trial-and-error, the Hebrews built a Tabernacle – so that God could dwell within them

'Cardozo on the Parashah': The magic of the Torah’s most ambiguous book

By MARION FISCHEL

THE MESSAGE: Give what you can, but from the heart.

Parashat Vayakhel: Giving from the heart

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

An illustrative image of a young girl holding outlines of dumbbells.

Parashat Tetzaveh: Yes, you can!

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

The rebbes met – Then one asked a mysterious question

By Mark Fish

Agam Berger reunited with her family

Finding meaning in Judaism: From captivity to candle lighting

By Sivan Rahav Meir

THE OBJECT permanently placed in the holiest site on Earth had the pure faces of innocent children.

Parashat Teruma: ‘Its interior is filled with love’

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

The Bibas Babies; the Keruvim and the Cry of a Mother

By Mark Fish

An illustrative image of a coinpurse.

Parashat Mishpatim: The Jewish consciousness of ‘hessed’

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

The Angel’s Double-Edged Sword: Protection and Obligation

By Mark Fish

An illustrative image of a path leading to a cloud formation shaped like a heart with sunlight shining through.

Parashat Yitro: Preceding the Torah

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Lightning is seen over Palmachim Beach.

Parashat Yitro: Hearing the silence, seeing the sound

By MICHAEL M. COHEN

An orthodox man prays at the Western Wall

The Chosen People: But Why Us?

By Mark Fish

Exodus - the splitting of the Red Sea.

From fear to song: Haftarah of Parashat Beshalach mirrors Israel's current state

By KENNETH BRANDER

An illustrative image of chess pieces.

Parashat Beshalach: The path to victory

By RABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ