Statue of Moses by Michelangelo in Rome. (Credit: Fr Barry Braum//Unsplash.) Listen The life of prayer is not easy. It’s a tremendous blessing and encouragement, therefore, to see others pray and to ...

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For God’s compassion, to absolve the vow. Moses asks G-d to rather erase his name From the annals of events in the Torah. God listens to Moses, his confidant’s plea; And manifests Divine humility.

David Brooks, in his bestselling book The Road to Character (2015), draws a sharp distinction between what he calls the résumé virtues – the achievements and skills that bring success – and the eulogy ...

We begin the third book of the Torah, the book known as Torat Kohanim, the book of the priest-ministers of the Divine Sanctuary, guardians of the rituals connecting Israel to God. Known in English as ...

They say there are no more prophets. The Rabbis agreed that the last biblical prophets were Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. Many people would like to obtain prophecy nowadays, but we see from ...

We read in our Parasha that (12:1-10): ‘Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moshe regarding the Cushite woman he had married.. And Hashem heard. Now the man Moshe was exceedingly humble, more than any ...

Jewish tradition instructs that young children should begin their Jewish education by studying the book of Leviticus. Even a cursory reading of the blood and gore that make up the sacrificial rites ...

David Brooks, in his bestselling book, The Road to Character,[1] draws a sharp distinction between what he calls the résumé virtues – the achievements and skills that bring success – and the eulogy ...