Torah Portion

This week's parsha talks about the true meaning behind Jacob wrestling with his brother Esau's guardian angel. By Rabbi Bentzion Geisinsky Did you know that the...

Parshat Vayetze: Genesis 28-10-32:3; Hosea 12:13-14:10. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the Earth, and the top of it reached to...

Parshat Toldot: Genesis 25:19-28:9; Malachi 1:1-2:7. By Rabbi Megan Brudney It is so exciting to finally arrive at the beginning of a new year. Everything seems...

Parshat Chaye Sara: Genesis 23:1-25:18; I Kings 1:1-31 By Rabbi Amy B. Bigman This week’s portion begins with the death of Sarah. It teaches us about...

Parshat Vayera: Genesis 18:1-22:24; II Kings 4:1-37. By Rabbi Steven Rubenstein The opening of this portion is the well-known narrative of Avraham welcoming the three angels...

Parshat Lech-Lecha: Genesis 12:1-17:27; Isaiah 40:27-41:16. By Jeff Lasday Now God said to Avram: ‘Go out from your country, from your family and from your father’s...

Parshat Noach: Genesis 6:9-11:32; Isaiah 54:1-55:5. In Noach, God promised to never destroy the Earth again (Genesis 8.21). But that says nothing of our precarious...

Parshat Bereshit: Genesis 1:1-6:8; Isaiah 42:5-43:10. Let’s start at the very beginning, which is a very good place to start. This Shabbat, we start reading the...

Parshat Haazinu: Deuteronomy 32:1-52; II Samuel 22:1-51. By Rabbi Mitch Parker “Let the skies hear as I speak; let the Earth listen to the words of...

Parshat Vayelekh: Detuteronomy 31:1-30; Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27. (Shabbat Shuvah) Ad me’ah v’esrim!” (“May you live until 120.”) We often hear and use...

Parshat KiTavo: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8; Isaiah 60:1-22 By Howard Lupovitch This week’s Torah portion underscores the complexity in the relationship between God and Israel, specifically the notion...

Parshat Ki Tetze: Deuteronomy 21:16-25:19; Isaiah 54:1-10. By Rabbi Aaron Bergman The comedian Jay Mohr said that the key to his marriage is not that he...