by Lilinaz Evans '27 One of the most striking moments in parshat Ki Tissa is the intimate, direct communication between God and Moshe....

by Jennifer Zukerman '28 When I was about seven years old, my mother asked me to see if the mail had been delivered. I returned to report...

by Zan Alhadeff '27 How did Moshe know how to design the mishkan? God gives Moshe lengthy instructions, from detailing the building...

by Sarah Pincus '26 At the end of this week’s parsha, Bnei Yisrael famously exclaimed “na’aseh v’nishma–we will do and we will listen.”...

by Sophie Stern Greenbaum '28 The other day I asked my son, “Moshe, if you could time travel back to any time in history, where would you...

by Susan Hornstein '25 Sometimes, especially when life feels tough, we become hyper-focused on the troubles and miss things that are...

by Yehudit Mazur-Shlomi '27 When we encounter a “natural phenomenon” that defies the laws of nature, how do we react? Do we marvel at the...

by Rabbi Rina Krautwirth In the first few verses of Parshat Va'era, we encounter a pivotal moment in Jewish history: The beginning of...

by Ilana Gimpelevich '26 Parshat Shemot opens with a review of the entire household of Yaakov descending to Egypt. Coming on the heels...

by Emily Bell '27 Thomas Bell, my grandfather, died at home after many long months of hospice care at the age of 82. I was 18 years old....

by Sarah Kaufman '25 We’re used to seeing long lists of names in Bereishit, most typically in the early genealogies of humanity. If...