Archive for October 2026

This week’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27), begins with one of the most famous calls in the Torah: “Lech lecha” – “Go forth from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s…

This week’s Torah portion, Noach (Genesis 6:9 – 11:32), begins with one of the Torah’s starkest descriptions of a society in crisis: “The earth became corrupt before God, and the earth was filled…

This week we begin again. We open the Torah at the very beginning: Bereishit bara Elohim et hashamayim v’et ha’aretz — “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) …

There is something wonderfully strange about the holiday we celebrate on this Shabbat. Sukkot lasts seven days. We know that from the Torah. And then, just when we think the festival…