For six days Hashem shaped our entire universe. All matter was designed and crafted into a universe carefully calibrated to ensure long-term sustainability. Finally, toward
The experience of four minim is one of the most colorful and vivid mitzvah experiences. It combines multiple fruits and branches into one bouquet, marking
Yom Kippur inspires reflections about personal repentance as well as national atonement. We plead for personal deliverance just as we voice our hopes for our
The universal nature of Rosh Hashanah isn’t limited to a particular nation and certainly not to a particular location. All human beings are judged and,
Administration of the death penalty by beit din accomplished two very different goals: It served in a punitive capacity to punish the criminal and it
In the first part of Sefer Devarim, Moshe both rehashes desert highlights (and lowlights) as well as cautioning the people about the challenges of life
Our experience in Israel is multi-dimensional and oftentimes paradoxical. This land distills so many different values and experiences that rarely can a single phrase or
The Book of Devarim provides Moshe with one last opportunity to issue moral guidance, as well as warn his flock of the unique challenges emergent
In celebrated fashion, Maimonides and Nachmanides debated whether residence in the Land of Israel constitutes one of the 613 mitzvot. From a purely literary standpoint,
The long-awaited future is finally here. An entire generation has passed and a new generation is finally poised to enter the Land of Israel, seize
Word of the advancing Jewish nation has spread among the entire Middle East. Forty years earlier, this band of slaves had been miraculously liberated from
Forty years have elapsed, and the Jewish people are positioned to enter the land. The previous generation has all but passed, and gradually the leadership
