Torah Commentary

What better verses for the rabbis to place at the center of the Passover ritual than ones everyone already knew by heart?

What should we do with sacred laws that are immoral?

Judaism's essential story.

Every legal system is supported by a story.

What makes for a good leader?

A lost ancient tradition reborn in modern times.

The nazirite’s path is radical and demanding, and our tradition has wrestled with its implications.

This week's parashah offers guidance to remember the individual responsibility that each of us have to help the other.

Turning toward freedom may seem like an obvious choice, but it's never easy.

A look at holiness as a uniquely Jewish way of reflecting the divine.