Stripped Down Soul

Netivoteha Shalom on B'shalah B'shalah starts off (13:17) trying to spare Israel from war, but ends (17:16) with a battle and an oa...

Hevre, Please forgive the irreverence of the subject line: afraid as I am of irrelevance, and in a desperate attempt to improve the ratings...

Va'era, Exodus 6:2-9:35. Seven plagues, ranging from the weird (e.g., frogs) to the destructive and life threatening (blood and hail) an...

I.Joshua Bell and Moses try out a new environment At the start of this week's Torah reading, Sh'mot (Exodus 1:1-6:1), there are 70 I...

What Joseph Didn't Know וימאן אביו ויאמר ידעתי בני ידעתי vay'ma'en aviv vayomer yada'ti v'ni yada'ti his father stub...

Joseph's intense family dynamics took over last week's column; I couldn't wait to continue my quest into Vayigash (Genesis 44:18...

ישימך אלהים כאפרים וכמנשה – “May God make you as Efraim and Menashe (Gen. 48:20).” For a name that is etched deep in the warmest memories of...