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Jun 21, 2026, 3:01 PM

One World, Many Realities: How Perspective and Bitachon/Trust Redefine Limits

How two people never see the same rainbow. The idea that a person can shape their own destiny despite external limitations is often dismissed as motivational rhetoric, yet both modern science and classical Jewish thought offer a far deeper and...

Jun 19, 2026, 11:52 PM

The Pierced Ear: Torah’s Ownership Mark

The image tells two stories side by side. On the left, a Hebrew servant stands willingly at the doorpost. His master pierces his ear with an awl. The servant smiles with joy and devotion, choosing permanent service out of...

Isaac Nahon-Serfaty

Jun 19, 2026, 7:05 PM

The Pope and Memories of Babel: The Failure of Technological Utopia

Humanity has already imagined the future. It has done so through mythical stories and science fiction. Religions have also imagined the future. That is why Pope Leo XIV has included the Tower of Babel story, as told in the...

Jun 19, 2026, 5:29 PM

Why Was Moses Not Destined to Enter the Land? (Chukat)

It is one of the most perplexing, even disturbing, passages in the Torah. Moses the faithful shepherd, who has led the Israelites for forty years, is told that he will not live to cross the Jordan and enter the...

Jun 19, 2026, 1:48 AM

The First Reason Your Brochos Are Weak

You have been saying brochos for years. The words are correct. The timing is correct. You finish them and sometimes notice you were already somewhere else. When you do pay attention, it feels like a mechanical process. The reason is...

Jun 18, 2026, 10:32 PM

Confronting The Snake

It takes us just a week to read a story that spans almost forty years. Punished for ingratitude and lack of faith, the Jews were forced to wander in the wilderness. Parashat Chukat describes thirty-eight years of those travels....

Jun 18, 2026, 10:24 PM

You rush through the day yet rarely find calm inside. Why?

A calmer mind begins by slowing down inside. Many people live with constant inner pressure. The mind races from one worry to another. You rush through the day, yet rarely feel calm inside. Why? Modern life teaches you to constantly chase: more success, more attention, more possessions, more distractions. But Torah teaches you...

Ben-Tzion Spitz

Jun 18, 2026, 10:23 PM

Talk is cheap (Chukat)

'Water from Stone' (AI image by author)

“Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.” – John Greenleaf Whittier The people of Israel are thirsty and restless. They complain and demand water. Moses is worried. God tells him to take...

Jun 18, 2026, 10:22 PM

Holier Than Thou?

Yeshayahu Leibowitz once observed that the placement of Korach's rebellion in the Torah just after the mitzvah of tzitzit at the end of Parshat Shelach is far from a coincidence. He’s not alone in his observation, but his explanation is more relevant to our times than what others have offered. I’d like...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jun 18, 2026, 10:18 PM

The Kings Highway

In the United States, when one hears the words “Kings Highway,” they think of Brooklyn, NY or the Colonial American Road built by King Charles II between Charleston and Boston. But the original Kings Highway goes back to Biblical...

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