Gathering together, making sure all are accounted for, and planning ahead: this week's Torah readings parallel Israeli ...

There are portions of Torah that move quickly. And then there are those that linger. Vayakhel and Pekudei linger. They return repeatedly to the details of constructing the Mishkan, to names, to ...

The Torah reading this Shabbat, like a significant subset of Shabbatot throughout the year, contains two different facets. The first is the reading that is next in line within the ...