Life Cycles

Adults are hit-and-miss: they might be inspired for a while, but their excitement often dissipates just as quickly. When a child buys into something, however, that commitment can last a lifetime.

Why Moses died on his birthday.

1. Every Shabbat throughout the year we have been reading a different parshah in the Torah, and we have learned about some of the 613 mitzvot — positive and negative commandments. In this week’s parshah we read, “V’atah kitvu lachem et hashirah hazot vela...

1. Parshat Nitzavim is always read in shul on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah. The words “Atem nitzavim hayom” — “You are standing today all of you before Hashem your G‑d” — refers to the day of the great judgment — Rosh Hashanah (see Likkutei Torah and ...