Torah Commentary

While grief is an inherently lonely and individual journey, we need not experience it alone.

The story of Isaac reminds us that we can flow again into the stream of life.

The Torah urges us to remember the years of strength and virtue whenever possible.

To continue to live after loss, we must gently push ourselves to do what might seem impossible.

While our loved ones are physically gone, they have willed their unfinished dreams to us.

God created forgiveness before anything in the physical universe because human beings are bound to err.

Two linguistic features of this Torah portion remind us of the need to speak carefully even when our message is true.

How do we make sense of the census commanded in this Torah portion, which specifies only men be counted?

Engaging with difficult passages in the Torah requires sitting with complexity and tension.

An unusual juxtaposition in this Torah portion highlights an oft-overlooked piece of observing the major festivals.