May 14, 2026
Bamidbar | "Say to your brothers Ammi?", by Rav Eli Weber
Hoshea 2: 1-22
The Haftara for Bamidbar, from Hosea chapter 2, is simultaneously a prophecy of devastation and of hope. Through the striking metaphor of a faithless wife who ultimately returns, and culminating in the well-known verse of eirusin (betrothal),...
May 14, 2026
Yom Yerushalayim | Psalm 122 - "I rejoiced when they said to me" by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What is the message of Psalm 122, strongly associated with the upcoming celebration of יום ירושלים?
59 years ago, on the momentous and miraculous occasion of the raising of the Israeli flag over Har haBayit, the first...
May 7, 2026
Behar-Bechukotai | "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord", by Rav Eli Weber
Yirmiyahu 16:19 - 17:14.
What does it mean to believe?
May 6, 2026
Lag ba'Omer | What's Behind the Celebration? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
The celebration of Lag ba'Omer is as much of a mystery as the prevailing practices in the period that leads up to it. We examine the two popular explanations - the cessation of the death of R. Akiva's students and the "Yahrzeit" of R. Shim'on bar...
May 1, 2026
Emor | "They shall enter into my sanctuary", by Rav Eli Weber
Yechezkel 44: 15-31
The kedusha is in the details.