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Torah Portion


Articles on the weekly Torah readings, including inspiration and explanations.

 FIND HOLINESS at your Shabbat table

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: ‘Holiness,’ ‘abstinence,’ and what lies between

 An illustrative image of a megaphone.

Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Skin afflictions as a warning sign

 Cattle cool off near Hispin.

Parashat Shemini: Food of truth

Over-indulging in worldly desires can take one down a negative road.

Parashat Vayikra: Sacrifices, essence, and meaning

 MOSES PROVIDED a meticulous accounting of every donation collected for the Mishkan.

Parashat Pekudei: Don’t walk away

A LEADER should choose the alternative path.

Parashat Pekudei: The beauty of transparency

 THE MESSAGE: Give what you can, but from the heart.

Parashat Vayakhel: Giving from the heart

 An illustrative image of a young girl holding outlines of dumbbells.

Parashat Tetzaveh: Yes, you can!

 THE OBJECT permanently placed in the holiest site on Earth had the pure faces of innocent children.

Parashat Teruma: ‘Its interior is filled with love’

 THE METAPHOR of father and daughter is explored.

Parashat Teruma: Make Me a sanctuary for Me to dwell in

 An illustrative image of a coinpurse.

Parashat Mishpatim: The Jewish consciousness of ‘hessed’

 An illustrative image of a path leading to a cloud formation shaped like a heart with sunlight shining through.

Parashat Yitro: Preceding the Torah

 Lightning is seen over Palmachim Beach.

Parashat Yitro: Hearing the silence, seeing the sound

 An illustrative image of chess pieces.

Parashat Beshalach: The path to victory

 An illustrative image of feet walking through the water.

Parashat Beshalach: How to cross the Reed Sea

By RAPHAEL SHUCHAT
 SUPERMOON RISES over Jerusalem this past November.

Parashat Bo: Beautiful as the moon

 In a recent article, Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Egyptian former Minister of Antiquities, addressed the enduring myth of the Curse of the Pharaohs.

Parashat Va'era: Pharaoh’s sin of hubris

 Moses was a leader with humility, which is what we should be looking for today.

Parashat Shemot: Compassion and respect for others

 Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

Parashat Shemot: Women as leaders

By RABBI JONATHAN SACKS
 Jacob blesses his grandchildren Ephraim and Menashe, while their father, Joseph, steadies him, and a woman, presumably their mother, look on, in this 1656 oil-on-canvas painting by Rembrandt.

Parashat Vayehi: A nation of grandparents

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Parashat Vayehi: The blessing of connection

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