Torah Commentary

As identified Jews, our speech and actions reflect on our families and the larger Jewish people.

We achieve nobility and holiness through practicing self-restraint.

The commandment to be holy permeates every other commandment, fills in gaps between commandments, and infuses every human action.

Jeremiah's deep faith despite the impending exile predicted in Parashat B'hukotai can teach us to turn to God in the most troubling of times.

Incentives to keep the covenant are directed at Israel because of Israel's power, through its behavior, to break the covenant.

Transmitting Jewish culture by embodying Jewish practice is part of the responsibilities of Jewish parenting.

The curses in Bechukotai were actualized during the Holocaust.

The arrangement of the Israelites around the Tabernacle, as individuals and as a community, provides us with a model for pluralism.

The lack of chronological order in Bamidbar allows expressions of God's love for Israel to precede the trials and tribulations of desert wandering.

The commandment to rebuke one another teaches the importance of mutual responsibility.