The Sabbath isn’t just a Jewish tradition—it’s a biblical principle and a perpetual covenant with God’s people (Ex. 31:16-17) ...

Can you believe that the actual Ark of the Covenant that led the Israelites (Hebrew people) for 40 years in the Wilderness ...

So slavery is to be abolished, but it is a fundamental principle of God’s relationship with us that he does not force us to change faster than is possible of our own freewill.

Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto concludes: “Through complete devotion to the Holy Torah and the attribute of holiness, a person can achieve lofty insights and fulfill the divine potential hidden within his soul ...

In a new book, “Holiness and Society,” the Israeli scholar Ronen Shoval seeks to understand the philosophical implications of the phrase and its contemporary resonance.

Abraham Lincoln said it best when he spoke of “a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all ...

It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...

Dr. Tzvi Novick points out in an insightful article in the Times of Israel (May 25,2023) entitled “Standing Under Sinai: On the Origins of a Coerced Covenant” that a famous rabbinical Midrash ...

What would you say about the Israelites in Egypt? When God was raining down those plagues on Pharaoh and his people to force ...

Yet the Hebrew of the Bible can communicate a rich sensation of love: the love of a man for a woman, the love of any human being for their fellow human, the love of Israel for Israel’s God, and the ..

So far, he has religiously kept his covenant with the poor and jealously guarded it as a unique heritage that should be emulated by all. Guided by the values of his faith and the lessons of his ...

Based on work over the last 18 months, we are adopting a revised Covenant for Life Together in 2025 ... We value study that advances our understanding of God and His creation, and that equips us with ...