It is not easy to learn to pray but worth making the effort

When we pray from the siddur, we bond with the hearts and souls of those who came before us

Why the rabbis thought a lunar eclipse a bad omen

Tonight's natural phenomenon had a deeper meaning for the sages

If machines can already beat us in games, do we need to worry?

Be kind to yourself and take a slice of Shavuot cheesecake

The rabbis associated dairy products, traditionally eaten on Shavuot, with the quality of chesed

Do our dreams have any meaning?

What goes inside our minds when we are asleep may still be significant even in a post-prophetic age.

The temple of science cannot replace the Torah

Scientists who say the Bible is out of date are missing the point

Va'era

"I will bring you to the land, which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as an inheritance (morashah)" Exodus 6:8

Simchat Torah and the limits of science

Queen Esther and the flap of a butterfly’s wing

How Purim helps us look for the hidden hand of Providence

Vayelech

"At the end of every seven years, at an appointed time, in the festival of Succot, after the sabbatical year (shemittah) ... assemble the people: the men, the women, and the children, and the stranger in your cities, in order that they hear and… they will observe all the words of the Torah” Deuteronomy 31:10-12

Re'eh

“You are children to the Lord” Deuteronomy 14:1

Pinchas

“The name of Asher’s daughter was Serach” Numbers 26:46

Beha’alotecha

“And Moses said to God, ‘Why have you afflicted your servant... that you lay the burden of this entire people upon me?’” Numbers 11:11

Acharei-mot Kedoshim

"And the goat on which the lot 'for Azazel' came up, shall be placed while still alive, before the Lord, to provide atonement" Leviticus 16:10

Tzav

"And the meat of his thanksgiving peace offering shall be eaten on the day it is offered up; he shall not leave any of it over until morning" Leviticus 7:15

Terumah

"The middle bar inside the planks shall extend from end to end" Exodus 26:28