Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidtwas the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Russia from 1993 until 2022. From 2011, Goldschmidt has served as president of the Conference of European Rabbis. “We Are One” is a phrase ...

The Lord said to Moses in the Sinai desert, in the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month, in the second year after the exodus from the land of Egypt, saying (2) Take the sum of all the ...

Here in Israel we have just emerged from another election circus and coalition-building tottentanz that has yielded a bloated cabinet featuring mysteriously-named bogus ministries headed by unproven ...

The Sefer (book) of BaMidbar begins at a propitious moment in Jewish history, the second year after the redemption from Egypt. Much had transpired during that time: the nation had experienced a ...

This week’s parsha, Bamidbar is read prior to the Shavuot holiday. Rabbi Isaiah Halevy Horowitz, author of the Shnei Luhot Habrit, suggests that this Torah reading teaches us important lessons about ...

In the title of the fourth book of the Torah is a crucial lesson of life. To be more accurate, in the titles. The Hebrew title, Bamidbar, means “in the wilderness.” The English title, derived from the ...

At 4:30 this morning, my alarm went off. The Jerusalem streets below my hotel window were still dark and quiet. I dressed quickly in lightweight clothes and hiking boots, along with a big, floppy hat ...

Mi at – “Who are you?” (Ruth 3:9) – So asked Boaz. It is a question that every human being asks from time to time. Especially on this weekend of Shavuot, of the great meeting between Israel and God on ...

Sara Milgrim: A life of quiet strength, compassion, and fierce faith. May her legacy inspire us to carry her light through the wilderness. This week, we open the Book of Bamidbar, literally, In the ...