Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz)

Ascending in holiness is not a simple matter. It involves an intrinsic danger, to which Noah fell prey. When one is occupied with a world that is entirely holy, he lives in it alone, and he is liable to forget that there are other people that exist in the...

Genesis is preoccupied with fundamental questions, its narratives brimming with exemplary figures whose actions shape our lives today. Clearly, it would have been impossible to begin the Torah without them.

Far from home, Jacob now must struggle to maintain his inner spirituality.

Abraham and Isaac Isaac uncovers the wells that his father Abraham had dug, an act that appears to be a fundamental part of his divine service. The Torah recounts the episode as follows: Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of...

Parshat V’zot HaBerachah has two focuses: the blessing that Moses bestows on Israel before his death and the account of his death.

There is an essential problem in the combination of Shabbat and teshuvah.

There is nothing worse than perceiving the Torah as an inherited burden, because there is absolutely nothing that one can do about it.

Why does the Torah cite only the curses and not use the positive language of the blessings?

One end of the Torah is here on earth and the other end is in heaven, and it is on this bridge that G-d wants us to walk.