Parshat Naso: Limitless Love? We ought to enjoy our good lives, accept Hashem’s gifts every day, perpetually, and thank Him for them. On the other hand, we should also remember that we were given a role in this world, and that we aren’t like the beasts of the field, driven solely by our instincts. “Can …
“Kabbalat Shabbat: Why Is This Night Different from All Others?” in Mitokh Ha-Ohel,From Within the Tent: The Shabbat Prayers ed. Daniel Z. Feldman and Stuart W.Halpern (Maggid Books: Jerusalem, 2016), 37-44. “Our Members, Our Communities: A ‘Sh’ma’ Roundtable,” Sh’ma: A Journal of JewishResponsibility, October 2012, 9-13. “In the Eye of the Storm: Shabbat Observance During …
The Festival of Shavuot is referred to as ‘Zman matan Torateinu’ – literally: the time of the giving of our Torah. The operative words here are ‘our Torah’ – because the Torah, in fact, was given to everyone and should thus serve as a source of inspiration, pride and guidance for all Jews, no matter what their …
Shabbat Shalom: Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89) By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “When a man or woman shall commit any sin that people may commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty; then they shall confess their sin which they have committed…” (Numbers 5:6–7) According to Maimonides, this verse, which …
