3+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1368+ words) It should have been the most joyous day since G-d had given us the Torah some ten months earlier. After months of preparing to build the Mishkan and its many accoutrements, after the euphoria of collecting the gold, silver, copper,…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (414+ words) And Aaron was silent" Leviticus 10: 3 This week we will mark Yom Hashoah, the day on which Israeli public life, and Jewish communities worldwide, turn to remember the six million murdered in the Holocaust. Jewish philosophers in the latter 20th century invested…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago  (635+ words) Parashat Shmini is read at the beginning of the days of the Counting of the Omer " the period between Passover and Shavuot. It symbolizes a process of purification, similar to the journey our ancestors underwent from the Exodus from Egypt…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (484+ words) Weekly Torah portion: examination, distinction and knowledge " the evolution of knowl'ynetnews...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago  (191+ words) New community-focused model aims to address disconnection and burnout through wonder and openness. Apr. 10, 2026 at 12: 10am In Dover, Delaware, JABCHRISTI Synagogue is introducing a new kind of spiritual sanctuary that moves away from rigid doctrine and instead focuses on fostering a…...

18+ hour ago  (944+ words) Instead of a king, early Israel had judges who provided leadership. The Book of Judges covers that era. Unlike the Pentateuch and Joshua, the Book of Judges provides no clue to its author. Tradition holds that Samuel compiled the oral…...

19+ hour, 54+ min ago  (495+ words) What does it mean to serve someone or something other than yourself?" The construction of the desert mishkan (tabernacle), which we have been reading about for the past weeks, is the paradigm for what constitutes work in Jewish law and…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (886+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph. D. , in El Cajon, California Some moments arrive so full they almost crack you open. That's where Parsha Shemini begins. After seven days of milu'im, the inauguration of the Mishkan, the eighth day finally comes. "Ki hayom…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (969+ words) One verse, five voices. Edited by Nina Litvak and Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist "Everything in water that has no fins and scales shall be an abomination for you." CEO, SANE; Counselor, Author, "Reaching New Heights" Series One can only…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (292+ words) This week's Torah portion is Shemini: Leviticus 9: 1 " 11: 47 In 1693, clergyman Thomas Manton published the "Book of Sermons." In this compilation was a phrase that would become a popular adage, "actions, which speak much louder than words." But what if we could…...