Category: Torah Portions

THE PINOCCHIO NOSE PHENOMENON

News has just emerged that Disney is working on a live-action movie based on the... Read More

THE DEATH OF TWO PRIESTS

Rabbi Dunner discusses the very troubling episode of the death of Aharon HaKohen’s two sons,... Read More

ON THE DEATH OF AN ANTI-SEMITE

Earlier this week, the German novelist and political activist, Günter Grass, died in Lübeck at... Read More

ONLY THE FINEST AND THE BEST WILL DO

The truth is, it was probably inevitable. Two nice Jewish boys who ended up as... Read More

UNTANGLING THE BACKDROP TO ANIMAL SACRIFICE

Rabbi Dunner discusses the monumental disagreement between Rambam and Ramban over the raison d’être for... Read More

NOT BOUND BY THE LAWS OF CONVENTION

I am going to depart from my normal practice, and start this article from the... Read More

THE KEY TO FAITH IS ENTHUSIASM

Few people outside Russia follow Russian politics, and even fewer are aware of the interplay... Read More

A WARNING ABOUT SHABBAT

Why does the warning at the beginning of Vayakhel about Shabbat observance mention work that... Read More