Parshat Re'eh is one of the parshiot most densely packed with halacha. As Moshe prepares the Israelites for their entry into Eretz...

When going through the parsha with a fine tooth comb, as I do when looking for inspiration for #parshainspiredmenus, I find new words,...

Perhaps it's because I've now been at camp for 3 weeks and it's so easy to get enmeshed in the world that is camp, but I found two things...

We know that inspiration comes from all kinds of places, but it's hard to be in all the places at once! So, since it's my goal to help...

I got ideas from a bunch of people this week to help come up with the menu for parsha-inspired menus. In part, it's because I was behind...

Don't get mad at me when I mention this, but Rosh Hashanah is not that far away. I hadn't noticed this in prior year readings of the...

Last week's parsha ended with a pretty dramatic moment when Pinchas takes a spear and stabbed Zimri and Cozbi in an act of zealotry to...

Perhaps you’ve heard the negotiating adsage that whoever speaks first, loses. What’s the reason for this wisdom? The first person to...

The story of Balak and Balaam has been a perpetual favorite among our kids. At first, they loved the talking donkey (I mean, that's...

When I think about writing about our experience in Poland it almost feels like two different posts because the thoughts are so different,...

The laws around the red heifer are not inherently logical. Why would the ashes of a dead animal be used to purify someone from having...

Last year Parshat Korach was our son's Bar Mitzvah celebration, so I didn't really get into a deep dive for #parshainspiredmenus. We...

This week's parsha has a pivotal moment for the Israelites in the desert - the episode of the spies. As they approach the land that is...

Facebook soemtimes feeds me clips from Modern Family and one of the clips I recently saw felt appropos of this parsha. The character Lily...

Last night we ended the holiday of Shavuot, a holiday that celebrates the revelation at Mount Sinai when God gives the Torah to the...

Last week our youngest son participated in his school's Renaissance Faire, where each student researched an important figure from the...

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day in NY. As I considered what to wear to shul, I looked through my closet, scrolling through the...

Bamidbar finds our ancestors still Bamidbar Sinai, in the wilderness/desert of Sinai. Throughout the 5 books of the Torah, we really do...

Parsha B'chukotai is so often combined with Behar, from this past week. In part, it's because they are both quite short (as our rabbi...

For those of us who are not farmers, it can be tempting to gloss over the many verses in this parsha that relate to how we use the land...