The following teaching is in memory and honor of the founding leaders of this nation.

I’ve always held the belief that if three or more diverse cultures have the same teaching, that teaching may be worthwhile and worth...

Wherever we go in today’s society, we are bombarded by ads about what we should and should not be putting in our mouths.

My life changed when my sons were born. When I heard the mohel call their names, I heard myself called as the father to sons rather than ...

This week’s Torah portion of Behar (Lev. 25:1-26:2) focuses almost entirely on the importance of the Sabbath.

This week’s commentary is dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai...

And Aaron shall place lots upon the two he goats: one lot “For the Lord,” and the other lot, “For Azazel.” –Lev. 16:8

The Shabbat immediately preceding Passover is called “Shabbat HaGadol”, “the big Sabbath”.

“Life and Death are in the Hands of the Tongue” (Proverbs 18:21)

I once heard an eager student ask Rabbi Ronnie Serr how he should go about becoming more observant.

In this final reading in the Book of Exodus, there are two important biblical concepts that are as important today as they were over 3000...

“Do not regard anyone with contempt, and do not reject anything, for there is no man who does not have his hour and nothing which does...

The Urim and Thummim are something that is rarely discussed in the Reform Jewish world, although they have great importance both...

The first two lines of this Torah reading teach a valuable lesson we all need to remember in personal relationships: how to give a gift.

In the “Ahavat Olam” prayer chanted before the recitation of the Shema, we thank God for “laws and statutes” (chukim u’mishpatim).

“I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine” ---Song of Songs 6:3 For months and sometimes even years we prepare for our wedding day.

The story in this week’s portion is as recognizable as any in the entire Torah. Discussed at the Passover seder, it begins with Moses....

I constantly remind people of the power of the teaching of both the RaMBaM and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who said that we could look through...

“But the midwives feared G-d, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive” ---Ex. 1:17

When Jacob blesses his grandchildren Ephraim and Manasseh, he does not ask that God bless the boys, but rather that the “angel who redeemed”