Deuteronomy Chapter 7;12-11;25 - Do as you would be done by by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The weekly reading of  Eykev  follows the pattern of...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The Shabbat after the fast of the  Ninth of Av,  is called  Shabbat Nachamu,  the Shabbat of Comfort. Its name...

Shabbat Vaetchanan - Deuteronomy 3:23-6:11 Apart from the opening statements of the so-called  Ten Commandments , there is very little...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Both Christianity and Islam have long and controversial traditions of  penance that involve flogging oneself with...

Deuteronomy 1-3:23 - What’s in a Name? by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Why do we call this, the fifth book of the Torah, that we start this...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The anniversary of Hillel Kook’s death was this week. A Jewish Walter Mitty and a colorful, complex, dual...

Rosh Chodesh Av Tuesday - Numbers Chapters 30-36 Conquering the Land by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen This week two sections of the Torah are read...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Why are we having difficulty coming to terms with this reality, the realization of how much we are hated ? As a...

Numbers 25:10-30 - Zealots by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The story of Pinchas, the grandson of High Priest Aaron is about zealotry, normally a...