It was just one day, tradition teaches, that Noah was behind schedule. Yet, the next day, as he returns, seemingly on time once again, but
In the promise to help prepare the land for conquest by the Jewish people, Moses informs them, the Almighty will ensure the Canaanites do not
Moses begins what may well be history’s first Farewell Address. As he reviews the good, the bad, and even the ugly, he also does one
“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.”—Dwight Eisenhower Moses is given the command to create six cities of refuge, arei miklat. Three are to be
If the Divine can’t face down communal “peer pressure” what hope is there for the rest of us? Moses, once again, steps up to defend
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I
The description of the daily Temple service tradition teaches that the kohen on duty in the morning would cleanse the oil cups for the menorah,
The high priest (Kohen Gadol), Aaron, is known throughout rabbinic literature as the paradigm personality who loved others and sought to make peace between strife-torn
The kohen, or priest, must examine a potential case of tzaras (what we wrongly translate as leprosy). Sometimes, the would-be metzora must wait days for
The instructions surrounding the sacrifices are detailed. What to bring, where to slaughter, how to prepare, and even the sequence of the service. But the
Vayikra—and God called to Moses. That’s what it’s supposed to say. Yet every Torah scroll in the world has the final letter scribbled in as
Maimonides codifies just six things Jews should try to remember constantly. One we focus on this week, Shabbos Zachor, as we are cajoled to always
