Behaaloscha
Who Should Light the Menorah?Anyone could light the Menorah in the Temple, even a non-kohen; yet only a kohen could prepare the wicks and…
Va'eschanan
Comfort, ComfortThis week's Haftorah begins with the prophecy: "Nachamu, nachamu ami, comfort, comfort my people." Why the double expression of consolation?…
Vayeshev
Kindness at the Speed of Light"And [Yosef] asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in prison... 'Why are your faces sad today?'" (B'reishis 40:7.) How…
Vayikra
Spiritual Psychology of the Sin OfferingWhy does the Torah require one to bring a sin offering for an inadvertent sin? What is the point of…