Tzav. Isolation, Insulation, and the Power of Immersive Environments
Have you every been immersed in an environment that has profoundly changed you? Summer camp? A period in a yeshiva or seminary? Another inte
Bechukotai. The Power of Many
One might argue: What good is my influence? Our sages taught us that the addition of one person swells the power of the group exponentially
Behar. Words Hurt
Emotional hurt is real, and the Torah drives this home by drawing an equation between emotional pain, and financial loss.
Emor. Damaged Promises
The message of the law of blemishes is not to let enthusiasm die down, to retain religious focus.
Acharei Mot-Kedoshim. Holy Land?
"The land will spew you out!" Can a land demonstrate sensitivity to human sin? That is what is suggested in key lines of our parsh
Shemini. In the Wake of Tragedy
Have you ever encountered a tension between following Halakha or following changing or personal circumstances? Did you adopt Moses’ posit