This week's Torah portion Shelach recounts the story of the spies sent by Moshe to scout the Land of Cana'an before Am Yisrael enter the...

What We Can Learn From Pesach Sheni: Mindfulness and Second Chances In this week's Torah portion Beha'alotecha, we encounter a unique event known as Pesach Sheni, or the "Second Passover." According to the Book of Numbers (9:1-14), the Israelites were instructed to observe the Passover festival on the fourteenth day of the first month of Nisan. However, some people found themselves ritually impure and unable to participate in the Pesach Offerings. And yet they didn’t want to

In this week's Torah portion,Toldot, we are told that Yitzchak marries Rivkah at age 40. He is comforted from the loss of his mother, Sarah, when he marries her. In last week's Torah portion, we read how much he was comforted by Rivkah's presence. Rashi says that for the entire time that Sarah was alive, there was a constant light illuminating from her tent that was connected to her merit. This light returned when Rivka came into the tent. Yitzchak's darkness lifted. Most o

In this week’s Torah portion, Korach, Korach accuses Moses: “You have gone too far.” He challenges Moses’s leadership, accusing him of elitism: “Why do you raise yourself above the congregation?” Beneath his words lies jealousy—of Moses’s position and authority. Jealousy is deeply human. Yet Korach had moments—opportunities—when he might have paused, stepped back, and gained perspective. He could have taken time to process his feelings and see the situation differently. When

In this week’s Torah portion Sh’lach, the people requested to check out the land of Israel before they enter. Twelve princes --people of...

This week’s Torah portion, Beha'alotcha starts with Moses’ command to Aharon to light the Menorah (Candelabrum) and Aharon's fulfillment of the command: G-d spoke to Moshe, saying: "Speak to Aharon and say to him, 'When you kindle the lamps, the seven lamps shall illuminate towards the body of the Menorah.” Why does this command appear here? What is the connection between the lighting of the m enorah by Aharon and the events of the narrative of the book of Numbers ? The co