A small detail in the Jacob story in this week's Torah portion brings us an important piece of wisdom about patience and ...

The ladder symbolizes the mission of a Jew: to ascend and elevate, to sanctify the physical, and to uplift the mundane toward ...

So it is a fitting coincidence that this week’s Torah portion offers numerous examples of next-generation leadership, culminating in Moses’ ceding his role as the leader of the Israelites as ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Vayeitzei, we witness Yaakov embarking on a deeply transformative journey. Fleeing the threats ...

Thomas Jefferson At the beginning of this week’s Torah portion Beha’alotcha, we read that Aaron the high priest was charged with the daily lighting of the menorah. Rashi, explaining the ...

Sing it. Pray it. Demand it. Let the world hear: Bring them home now.

Jacob has fled from the murderous anger of his brother, Esau. He comes to a certain place, and he falls asleep. As he sleeps, ...

The message is profound: we each possess two identities. On one hand, we are “Jacobs.” Like Jacob, whose life was marked by ...

The pure righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; They do not complain of evil, but increase justice.