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The story of the Israelites as found in the Torah is bracketed by song. As the Jews stand victorious over the Egyptians at the sea, they sing. And, poised to enter Israel, ready to cross yet another ...

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Between heaven and Earth lies a sheltering presence, a glimpse of eternity, and the promise of unity beneath the wings of the divine. On this Shabbat, which falls between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, we ...

Human history – like any great piece of literature – presents a story that is not only inspiring and dramatic on the surface but also allegorically rich with hidden meaning and deep moral lessons. The ...

I met a man on my hospital rounds with a full head of white hair, powerful arms and a purposeful gaze who was dying of leukemia. He was the president of a corporation, he told me, and his current ...

And he said to them, “Set your hearts to all of the words which I bear witness for you this day, so that you may command your children to observe to do all the words of this Torah.” Just before ...

This Shabbat, we will read Shirat Ha’azinu, a “song” written by Moses for the generations to come. It promises that God would not abandon His nation. This Shabbat, we will read Shirat Ha’azinu, a ...

The song of Ha'azinu poetically depicts what will happen to the Jewish people until the end of days. It foretells their punishment for transgressing the covenant with Hashem, and describes how, ...

An anecdote relates how a certain Jew was stranded for many years on a deserted island. When he was finally rescued, he boasted of his many accomplishments on the island, including the construction of ...