Torah Commentary

War and peace — and the difficulties with both — are the subjects of Parashat Shoftim.

Emor: A resource for families.

By highlighting the shadowy woman in the background, we get a rare, ironic glimpse of the dilemma of slavery in the Bible.

When Moses altered the message given to him by God, he cut women out of the revelation at Sinai.

Two kinds of seed.

Assumptions in Leviticus 18 are in some cases abhorrent to contemporary sensibilities.

Parashat Kedoshim teaches us the ways to be holy. But do women have a different understanding of what holiness is?

Birthing woman.

Bringing new meaning to the status of a menstruating woman.

Making it relevant today.