Category: Torah Portions
THE DANGERS OF GROUP DYNAMICS
A couple of months ago I wrote a piece about the German-born social psychologist, Kurt... Read More
A CONVERSATION ABOUT MOSES
There is a puzzling narrative that dominates Chapter 12 of Bamidbar (Numbers). Miriam and Aaron... Read More
SELF-ESTEEM NEEDS A FOUNDATION
A couple of weeks ago marked the second anniversary of the passing of a colorful... Read More
THE IMPORTANCE OF SHEMITTA
Parshat Behar begins with the mitzvah of Shemitta — the Jewish nation is instructed that... Read More
A DORMANT MITZVA COMES BACK TO LIFE
Jews have lived in the biblical Land of Israel uninterrupted for thousands of years. For... Read More
A VERY CURIOUS PARTNERSHIP
Parshat Emor contains the double mitzva of Kiddush Hashem and Chillul Hashem - namely, the... Read More
A THREAT TO THE SYSTEM
For more than a thousand years after the Exodus from Egypt, the greatest threat to... Read More