Our guest this week is Rabbi Steven Lindemann, Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill, NJ. Rabbi Lindemann was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1980 and served as Rabbi of ...

In the Torah reading of Matot, we’re informed how the tribes of Gad and Reuben were blessed with a significant wealth of flocks. The leadership of those tribes demanded of Moses to let them stay on ...

Our guest today is Rabbi Jonathan Roos, leader of the Temple Sinai congregation in Washington, DC. Rabbi Roos was ordained as a rabbi from the Hebrew Union College in 2002. He graduated from the ...

Parashat Mattot opens up by presenting the importance of fulfilling vows. As the Torah states, “He shall not break [yachel] his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth” ...

Parashat Matot-Masei: The gravitas of gratitude Moses, the father of the nation, paved a path for generations to come: Nothing justifies an act of ingratitude. Ingratitude is never warranted in any ...

Only Aaron’s specific date of death is recorded in the Torah: “And Aaron died…in the fifth month [Av], on the first day of the month” (Numbers 33:38). We remember the deceased on the yahrzeit, the ...

There are stories of violence in the Torah that are difficult to read. The orgy of the Golden Calf in Parashat Ki Tisa (Exodus Chapter 32) ends with the killing of three thousand participants. The ...

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