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Between heaven and Earth lies a sheltering presence, a glimpse of eternity, and the promise of unity beneath the wings of the divine. On this Shabbat, which falls between Yom Kippur and Sukkot, we ...

As we celebrate Sukkot this year, amid the shadows of Oct. 7, let us draw strength from the songs of Moses and David. The Torah portion of Ha’azinu is unlike any other. It is not simply a speech but ...

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I met a man on my hospital rounds with a full head of white hair, powerful arms and a purposeful gaze who was dying of leukemia. He was the president of a corporation, he told me, and his current ...

The bulk of Parashat Ha’azinu is Moshe’s swan-song, the final Song that he sang and taught to all Israel in his final day in this world: “Listen, O Heavens, and I will speak, and hear, O Earth, the ...

“Hear [ha’azinu], O heavens, and I will speak, and may the earth listen [tishma] to the words of my mouth” (Deuteronomy 32:1). So begins the song of Moses just prior to his death. Hearing and ...

Moses advises the people of Israel that, in times of difficulty, shirah (song) will bear witness that the covenant with Israel “shall not be forgotten from the mouth of its offspring” (Deuteronomy ...

In this week’s video, we close the entire Torah, and we ask ourselves, what lessons can we learn today? How can we be inspired by the Torah’s messages, and fulfill our destiny as a people? This video ...

Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Weisz is a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council of israel. Formerly Rabbi of Kfar Haro’eh and of the regional council of Emek Chefer, he was a congregational rabbi in Manchester ...

I believe from my experiences of being present in the moments of birth and in the moments of death that there lies a remarkable — and deeply holy — closeness in how we take our first breaths and how ...