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Parashat Bereishit: The world of water

Water is also the thread that connects the festival of Sukkot, which we recently concluded, with the first Torah portion, Parashat Bereishit, read on the first Shabbat after Sukkot.

WATER HOLDS a profound place in Judaism,
An illustration of the Bereshit-Nama.

The imagination that began it all: The Persian-Jewish poet bringing Genesis back to life - opinion

SIMCHAT TORAH at a base on the border with Gaza, last Oct.

Simchat Torah 2026: What exactly are we so joyous about?

OUR CHILDREN deserve a unified nation.

An unimaginable idea: When does God ignore idolatry by Jews?


Parashat Eikev: With respect for the past

Moses shattered the Tablets, yet their fragments were preserved beside the new ones. Their message endures, what appears broken can still carry holiness, meaning, and strength.

 Moses is seen breaking the Tablets after coming down from Mount Sinai.

Parashat Eikev: The things we step on

Parshat Eikev teaches that the greatest threats to our values begin not with rejecting them, but with neglecting the small practices that keep them alive.

REMBRANDT'S MOSES with the Ten Commandments

Parashat Va'ethanan: The positive within the negative

The Ten Commandments are not an independent list of fundamental principles, but rather the nucleus from which the entire Torah unfolds - its genetic code.

Moses on Sinai (Le tables de Loi judaique), 1773. Artist Simon Julien.

Parashat Devarim: Always relevant

The Torah remains unchanged, yet its message can be expressed anew in the language, challenges, and circumstances of every generation.

SEVENTY LANGUAGES?

Parashat Matot-Masei: Don’t borrow identity

Public debate has become louder, more bitter, and less capable of self-correction because opinions have hardened into identities.

IT ALL comes back to the question of identity.

Parashat Matot-Masei: Slow and steady

The most important movement is not always what is visible externally, but what takes place within a person.

EVERY STATION on the slow journey  plays an indispensable role.

Parashat Pinchas: A prophet for difficult times

The Three Weeks do not ask us to despair. They ask us to remember what we lost, why we lost it, and, above all, that God has never stopped remembering us.

Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall.

Parashat Balak: What is the price of aloneness?

In a highly integrated world, the isolation of the State of Israel is itself a strategic risk. Some voices in Israel deride this issue or dismiss concerns about how we are viewed.

A person is seen sitting alone (illustrative).

Parashat Balak: Guarding our eyes

Jewish tradition values personal modesty and meaningful inner growth that is not displayed for public attention. Such conduct is fitting for a people who serve God.

ONE SHOULD NOT intrude into the life of his neighbor.

Parashat Beha'alotcha: Know your place

After Pharaoh intensified the Jewish slaves' work, Moses felt that his mission had failed. Out of deep pain, he turned to God and said, “Why have You done evil to these people? Why did You send me?

Reading a torah scroll