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Commenting on one of his own lectures, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “I found when I had finished my new lecture that it was a very good house, only the architect had unfortunately omitted the stairs.” We ...

In contrast to the simple reading that sees the five books of the Torah as continuing one after the other, we find that the continuation of the Book of Exodus is found in the two books that follow.

Analia Bortz is a medical doctor with postdoctoral studies in Bioethics. She became the first female Latin American rabbi when she was ordained in Jerusalem at the Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano ...

The Tabernacle, (whose work is brought to completion in this week's double Torah reading of Vayakhel-Pekudei), and Shabbat, are the twin pillars of our existence. Sanctifying the dimensions of time ...

I have four time-keeping devices with me now: a watch, a Fitbit, a digital clock, a wall clock. I’m working hard for an on-time arrival! Photo credit: Rabbi David Lerner What other times? Personal ...

The opening words of the sidra (Torah reading) describe the sanctuary as “the tabernacle of testimony – mishkan ha-edut” (Ex. 38:21). Ibn Ezra and Sforno understand “testimony” as the two tablets of ...

A central biblical term that records the final review of the work done to finish the Tabernacle and priestly garments – is the word pekudei (Exodus 38:21). A key to understanding a word in the Torah ...