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Lech Lecha: Sins and Virtues of our Avot and Imahot
Can religious figures be open to criticism? What happens when the Bible narrates their sins?
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Hukkat. An Anger Problem
Maybe the Rabbis called anger idolatry because when a person is overwhelmed by anger, their rage is their master; They are out of control; a
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Bereshit. "Where art thou?" - Are YOU Hiding?
Adam hides himself to avoid rendering accounts, to escape responsibility for his way of living. Every man hides for this purpose... (Buber)
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Ki Tavo. Am I a Hypocrite?
What happens when our moral life is hypocritical, when people act religious in public but fail to uphold their standards in private?
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Shemini. Nadav and Avihu's Sin
This week’s parsha depicts the excitement of the Mishkan inauguration and the shock of the deaths of the new priests, Nadav and Avihu,...