by Rabbi | Oct 7, 2026 | Torah & Inspiration
Parshat Bereshit · Shabbat, 10 October 2026 / 29 Tishrei 5787 Parshat Bereshit begins with the creation of the world. We often picture Creation as a majestic event that happened long ago: Hashem spoke, the heavens and earth came into being, and history began....
by Rabbi | Sep 23, 2026 | Torah & Inspiration
This Shabbat, the first day of Sukkot, we read the Torah’s instruction to dwell in a sukkah so that future generations will remember how Hashem sheltered our ancestors after the Exodus (Vayikra 23:42–43). The sukkah asks us to leave the solid roof of home for a...
by Rabbi | Sep 18, 2026 | Torah & Inspiration
Ha’azinu is written as a shirah—a song. Its words do not appear in the Torah’s usual blocks of text, but in two distinct columns, almost like verses waiting to be sung. The Kabbalists teach that a song is created not from a single note, but from the movement between...
by Rabbi | Sep 11, 2026 | Torah & Inspiration
This Shabbat is also the first day of Rosh Hashanah, so the regular weekly parsha gives way to the special festival reading. Unusually, because it is Shabbat, we do not blow the shofar. At first, this may seem like something is missing. The shofar is the defining...
by Rabbi | Sep 4, 2026 | Torah & Inspiration
This week’s double parsha begins with two seemingly opposite ideas. Nitzavim means “standing firmly”, while Vayeilech means “and he went”. Chassidic teaching, drawing on Kabbalah, explains that these words describe two essential movements of the soul. First, we must...
