Category: Torah Portions

SELF-ESTEEM NEEDS A FOUNDATION

A couple of weeks ago marked the second anniversary of the passing of a colorful... Read More

THIS YEAR IN JERUSALEM – A LESSON IN JEWISH UNITY

The most famous image of Israel's recapture of Jerusalem in June 1967 is undoubtedly the... 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

THE MEANING BEHIND “BE HOLY!!”

Rabbi Dunner examines the cryptic instruction by God in Parshat Kedoshim to “Be Holy!” (Lev.... Read More

THE TRUTH ABOUT TIKKUN OLAM

There has always been an inclination among Jews to present contemporary political views as being... Read More