Vayera: The Kindness That Truly Sees

Parshat Vayera opens with Avraham recovering from his circumcision and experiencing a Divine revelation. Yet when he notices three travellers, he turns his attention to welcoming them. He does not merely provide a meal. He runs to meet them, arranges their comfort and...

Noach: An Ark Within Our Words

A Kabbalistic glimpse into this week’s parshaShabbat, 17 October 2026 / 6 Cheshvan 5787 · Genesis 6:9–11:32 In Parshat Noach, Hashem instructs Noach to enter the ark with his family. Outside, the waters rise; inside, life is sheltered and sustained. Beyond the...

Creation Is Happening Now

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....

Sukkot: Finding Shelter in the Shade of Faith

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...

Ha’azinu: Finding Our Way Back

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...