As he turned 80 this week, John Fogerty was in a mood to honor his past and to revise it.

We live in a culture of instant gratification, where patience can feel like a relic of the past. Yet, the Omer period compels us to slow down, to be present, to acknowledge the passage of time with ...

Parashat ‘Emor’ contains 63 commandments, presented in a particular order. One exception stands out: the commandment of pe’ah, which, puzzlingly, appears in the middle of the section ...

Parashat ‘Emor’ contains 63 commandments, presented in a particular order. One exception stands out: the commandment of pe’ah, which, puzzlingly, appears in the middle of the section discussing the ...

You must take fine flour and bake it into 12 loaves. Each loaf must be made from two-tenths of an ephah of flour. ~ Leviticus 24:5 I bake bread every week which is a lie as it’s certainly not every ...

Perhaps the most famous Jewish dispute before the rise of modern denominations took place in Babylonia around 760-770 CE.

This week’s portion (beginning at chapter 21) is called Emor because although it begins “God said to Moses”, what God then says is Emor, “Speak” (to the priests, the sons of Aaron).

Parsha Emor feels like one of those moments. In an age where anger too often drowns out empathy, where shouting overpowers listening, and where hurtful words ripple across homes, screens ...

“An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” is one of the best-known rules not only in the Torah, but universally. It was recorded in the Hammurabi code of Mesopotamia over 4000 years ago. This rule ...

Disabled or blemished kohanim can’t serve in the Beis Hamikdash (Leviticus 21:17-23). To our modern ears, this prohibition sounds strange. What does G-d have against the blind, the lame, or the ...