Only now, reaching Nitzavim-Vayelech, can we begin to get a sense of the vast, world- changing project at the heart of the Divine-human encounter that took place in the lifetime of Moses and the birth ...

If you knew that tomorrow was the last day of your life – what would you choose to do today? Rav Eliyahu KiTov describes Moshe’s last day in his book Sefer HaParshiot, drawing on classic commentaries ...

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On a conceptual level, the question must be asked how Nitzavim and Vayelech can be read together at all. Notwithstanding that only Nitzavim is read alone and apart this year, what can be extrapolated ...

Our guest this week is Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, leader of the Anshe Chessed congregation in Manhattan. Rabbi Kalmanofsky was ordained in 1997 by The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he ...

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The search for the “good point” within ourselves is not just a technique of positive psychology aimed at nurturing the existing good. It is a deep belief in every person. This Shabbat, we will read ...

The Torah notes that even when we are dispersed, God will return us to Him: “then the Lord your God will bring back [v’shav] your captivity” (Deuteronomy 30:3). Interestingly, the term used here is ...

"You are standing here today, all of you... from the heads of tribes... to the woodcutters and water-drawers” Deuteronomy 29:9 Thousands gather outside Downing Street to call for the immediate and ...

Once upon a time, to be Jewish in the United States meant to be a member of a synagogue and purchase seats for the High Holy Days. If you were extreme, you purchased two nice plots at Hillside ...

For Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, teshuva does not deal with a specific wrong. Rather, it has to do with a general feeling of despondency and estrangement from God. Teshuva means a return to ...