One of the main issues discussed in our Parasha is the role of the "king" of Israel. Unlike other monarchies around the world, for...

The first three verses of the Torah are perhaps the best-known sentences of the Hebrew Bible. They may also very well be the least...

MOURNING FOR PARENTS AND OTHER RELATIVESThe mourning periods differ depending on whether one is mourning for parents or other relatives. For a father or...

There is a very well known pasuq (verse) in Tehiim. We say every day of the year, three times per day. And this pasuq...

מצות עשה ליתן צדקה לעניי ישראל כפי מה שראוי לעני, אם הייתה יד הנותן משגת--שנאמר  פתוח תפתח את ידך   ~ Open your hands and satisfy...

This Parasha continues with Moshe Rabbenu's long speech before separating from the people of Israel, since God will not allow him to enter the...

"When HaShem your God brings you to the land that He promised to your parents Abraham, Isaac and Jacob … you will inherit lands...

This week's Parasha, Va'etchanan, contains two cardinal texts of the Jewish faith: the Ten Commandments and the first part of the Shema Israel. Today,...

MOSHE'S SUPPLICATION AND GOD'S RESPONSE Moshe Rabbenu tells us, in the first person, that he begged HaShem to allow him to enter the land of...

The Bet haMiqdash, the Great Temple of Jerusalem, was destroyed by the Roman army led by Titus, the son of Vespasian, on the 9th...