After the great Flood, the Torah tells us, God established a brit olam —an eternal covenant—with Noah and all living ...

About interfaith voices. The weekly “Interfaith Voices” column includes a regular rotation of writers representing the broad ...

The Torah begins not with law or lineage but with wonder. “Bereishit bara Elohim.” It’s usually translated as, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Past tense. A past event. A ...

The opening word of the Torah, בְּרֵאשִׁית, “in the beginning”, already encoded all of what was to come, the potential of ...

The rhythm of creation in six days of work followed by Shabbat reveals a universe that balances growth and destruction, change and stability. Each day of creation brings forth something new: light, ...

I have set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.”  At first glance, ...

Some Siddurim vowelize the final word הַנֹּפֶלֶת, ha-nofelet; others הַנֹּפָלֶת, ha-nofalet. It seems like a minor grammatical detail, barely worthy of attention, let alone the subject for an entire D ...

In a pivotal biblical story — retold each Rosh Hashana, marking the Jewish new year — God orders Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.

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Fort Worth ISD shouldn’t introduce religion in the classroom in a new reading curriculum. That’s for parents to decide. | ...