A passage in this week’s Torah portion says that when a king ascends the throne, he must write his own version of the scroll, keep it with him, and “read it all the days of his life so he may learn to ...

But before it makes its way there, many from the San Antonio Jewish community will celebrate its arrival with festive ritual, dancing and singing. And they will recall the memory of a woman who — ...

Whenever I sit down to plan to teach a parasha, I begin by reading the original Torah text, keeping in mind my overall goals for teaching Torah. If this is a narrative section of Torah, then I try to ...

In the second half of Parshat Emor, the Torah outlines the Holidays that mark the Jewish calendar. In the midst of this outline, the Torah describes the period in which we currently find ourselves, ...