Sigmund Freud argued that sublimation is a defense mechanism, where we take emotionally unacceptable impulses and transform them into socially conventional and constructive activities. He gives an ...

Many of us find it hard to relate to the Torah portion of Vayikra. It focuses on a practice that is no longer in use today. We learn of various types of sacrifices and how they were to be fulfilled on ...

The Torah teaches us to revere our mother and father (Lev. 19:3). This mitzvah is embedded within the Holiness Code. In observing it, we achieve holiness, as well as the wholeness of learning from the ...

Mother and daughter stood next to one another at the bimah as part of a jubilant bat mitzvah ceremony. Then, one of them took a deep breath and began to recite verses from that week’s Torah portion.

The prerequisite to understanding any story is answering the question: What is its genre? This might seem like an easy task, but it’s really not. Let’s say that someone gets offended by a joke. The ...

Congregation Beth Tikvah, located in Wantagh, welcomed in the new Hebrew School year on Monday, Sept. 9th. Rabbi Moshe Weisblum and Dalia Ross, the new Religious School Director, led a Torah lesson ...

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but hard words stir up anger” (Proverbs 15: 1). “Gentle words bring life and health; a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit” (Proverbs 15:4). RECENTLY, JEWS BEGAN ...

Each of the holy objects in the Tabernacle had symbolic meaning. Consider the Ark in which the tablets were placed (Exodus 25:10–22), whose very structure teaches much about halachah (Jewish law). The ...

The following are some reflections on various essential pieces of “wisdom literature” found in a portion of the Talmud called the “Ethics of the Fathers” (“Pirke Avot”). “Accept a Torah teacher upon ...

Hebrew College recently launched its centennial programming with the opening of “Seeing Torah: A Visual Midrash,” an art exhibit representing the spiritual, political and feminist lessons of the Torah ...

Seeing Torah, The quilt exhibition by Anita Rabinoff-Goldman is a stunning artistic interpretation of a verse from each of the Torah’s 54 portions done with fabric. The small quilts are a visual ...

(JTA) — Throughout President Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem this week, he has underscored the ways that he believes the United States and Israel are aligned. But in his remarks Thursday afternoon ...