Your friend does something and it hurts you, you have to talk about it, don’t know what to do. You’re upset by their actions deep

As a child, I always wanted to know what my father’s chin looked like. But I never got to see it. From the time I

Parshat Kedoshim commands us: “Ish imo v’aviv tira’u—Every person shall revere his mother and his father” (Vayikra 19:3). This mitzvah, paired with the more familiar

There’s a classic story about two beggars—one Jewish, the other non-Jewish—who would make their rounds begging together. One night, they were sitting on a bench

כִּֽי־בַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה יְכַפֵּ֥ר עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם לְטַהֵ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם מִכֹּל֙ חַטֹּ֣אתֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֥י ידוד תִּטְהָֽרוּ (ויקרא טז:ל) “Because on this day, He will atone you in order to purify

In this week’s double parsha, Acharei Mot and Kedoshim, we can learn about seeing and using our surroundings to shape us. After seeing something, we

In Leviticus, chapter 16, there is a strange ritual that takes place on Yom Kippur. The high priest takes two goats. After a lottery, the

In Parshat Kedoshim it states, “You shall not take revenge…against the members of your people.” The Gemara Yerushalmi explains: “One was cutting meat, and the

The Ketubah That Served Two Couples Ruchama Hershkovitz is the mother of Yossi Hershkovitz, the highly esteemed principal of a Jerusalem high school who fell

This week’s parsha, Acharei Mot, opens with a reference to the tragic loss of Aaron’s two sons stricken down for bringing an aish zara –—“a

Raffi knew how helpful it would be to pick up his brother from the airport. It would save his younger sister the trip or save

Regret is an emotion that all of us have at one time or another. It is a feeling of remorse or sorrow for something that