"Be careful to continue to respect an elder who has forgotten his Torah knowledge due to circumstances beyond his control. Even though he is no longer a Torah scholar, he must still be respected for the Torah that he once possessed. As we say: Both the tablets of the Covenant and the broken tablets are placed in the Ark.”  (BT Berachot 8) 

The realization suddenly dawned on me at perhaps the most inappropriate of times. I was at the mourning gathering for ...

Looking to the joint humanitarian causes

We have an average of 13,000 gun homicides a year in the United States.

Don’t look now, but Passover’s not over.

It hurts to be seen so negatively by others. To be a target of angry and bitter words.

Passover as a Parent

This parsha, detailing the priests' responsibilities and actions for five varied types of sacrifices, contains minutiae, apparently trivial specifics about a ritual which seem today, without the existence of a priestly class, irrelevant.  But, oh, the words!

We stand facing the row of empty desks and chairs

A rabbi offers advice on writing your own Jewish wedding contract