haftara
What aspect of the festival of Sukkot pertains to the nation of Israel and its history? The verse, “I made the Israelite people live in booths” (Leviticus 23:43) does not really answer our question, a…
Read more ›On Rosh Hashanah, unlike other holidays, the Torah readings and haftara selections do not directly relate to the day’s theme. On Pesach, for example, we read from the Torah the narratives of the Exodu…
Read more ›One troubling aspect of Parshat Korah is that the rebellion never dies down. That seems to be because there are real issues here - Moshe and Aharon seem to have all the closeness to God, and the peopl…
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