CHUKAT: The Red Cow and How We Raise Our Children
Kill a red cow, burn it, and use its ashes to purify ourselves from contact with a corpse? It makes no sense at all!
Our...
SUMMARY OF CHUKAT-BALAK
CHUKAT
Ashes that purify
The most severe of all ritual impurities is tum'at met, the impurity contracted through contact with a corpse. Here the Torah lays...
KORACH: How to Lose a War in the Middle East
In this week's parashah, the Torah shows us that some conflicts can only be resolved by tearing them out at the root. When Korach...
KORACH: The First Influencers
On ben Pelet is a mysterious figure in the Torah. We know almost nothing about him. This week's parashah mentions him in the context...
KORACH: Four Words That Could Save Your Life
UBNE KORACH LO METU
It isn't enough just to learn the meaning of this verse of the Torah (pasuq). I'd recommend you memorize it. Or...
SUMMARY OF KORACH
Korach, Moshe's first cousin, leads a rebellion against Moshe and Aharon together with members of the tribe of Reuben—Datan, Aviram, and On ben Pelet—the...
BEHALOTEKHA: More therapy or more responsibilities?
American Jewish journalist Abigail Shrier, in her 2024 book Bad Therapy, does not deny that therapy can help, or even save lives. Her warning...
BEHAALOTEKHA: The anxiety of having it all
Clinical anxiety, and the other kind
There are two kinds of anxiety, and they should not be confused. One is clinical. It has a real...
NASO: Sotah and the Art of Marital Fidelity
The trust between husband and wife is one of the foundations on which a family stands—and infidelity is one of the few things powerful...
NASO: The blessing of the Kohanim
Birkat Kohanim is the blessing that HaShem bestows upon us through the Kohanim. This blessing appears in our Perasha, NASO and consists of three...
