This prophetic message of the Return to Zion in the Haftorah was tailor-made for this Shabbat, falling between Yom ...

On the heels of Remembrance Day and Independence Day, we are reminded that redemption is forged not only in the batei midrash but also in the trenches of war, in hospitals, and in homes.

No one remains an outsider or a pariah forever! THE FOUR MALE LEPERS (2 Kings 7: 3-20) This week’s haftarah was the one my husband chanted for his bar mitzvah—it was a favorite one of his ...

The haftarah for Parashat Shemini is the story of the celebratory transfer of the Aron (Holy Ark) from Kiryat Ye’arim to Yerushalayim, during which Uza was killed by Hashem for grabbing the Aron ...

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