Torah Commentary

The relationship between Sarah and Hagar — and their two sons — is more complicated than you think.

The Torah chronicles the pain of infertility — and the ongoing hope for a child.

What can we learn from one of the Torah’s most dysfunctional families?

What we can learn from Abraham's other child.

Lessons on Genesis — from the Emmys and beyond.

The text is eternal because of its adaptability — not its unchanging nature.

What a shift from prose to poetry teaches us about Moses’ message.

There’s gratitude that is immediate and gratitude that can come only with time and labor.

Moses delivers the rules for mating in wartime and what to do when we realize we’ve fallen out of love.

The Torah seems to command us to be happy, but are our feelings within our control?