The following commentary on this week’s Torah portion was the winning submission in the annual d’var Torah contest sponsored by NFTY (the Union for Reform Judaism’s youth arm). The winner was ...

As human beings, can we know precisely what God wants from us? It might seem, from the beginning of this week’s parasha, that we can: “Bring Me gifts. You shall accept gifts for Me from every person ...

The construction of the Mikdash/Mishkan/Tent of Meeting transformed us from a collection of families to a united nation, united in in our worship of G-d.

1. Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles (September 30 - October 7, 2023) derives its name from the first stop of the Exodus - the town of Sukkot - as documented in Exodus13:20-22 and Numbers 33:3-5.

they did not wish for comfort in a bed. with God when by the Sabbath we are thrilled. Writing how in Exodus God showed Moses the design of the tabernacle, I recalled how during my teens one of my ...