The Rabbis tell us that on the morning of the day we’d receive the Torah, we overslept. We didn’t wake up, and Moses had to wake us. To atone for that, we don’t even go to sleep, now we’re reliving ...

Finally, Jesus summarized the entire Torah in two commandments: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37–40). These two ...

They were spoken in preparation to answer a higher calling, no matter the challenge; words confirming the trials, adversity and duty that personify an attempt to exemplify moral ideals.The post ...

The first grand-scale “redemption of the first-born sons” happens in Bamidbar, which means “In the wilderness.” Bamidbar is ...

Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

Question: I find it very difficult to understand the punishment of death that was meted out to Rabbi Akiva’s students. If he was so great, we can assume that his students were of a superior caliber ...

On Shavuot, we recall specifically the revelation at Sinai—the moment when heaven and Earth touched. And we are reminded explicitly of the mission to be a “light unto the nations.”The ...

Next week, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year that concludes the Easter season and celebrates the beginning of the Church. Here's what you need to k ...

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Perhaps the most famous Jewish dispute before the rise of modern denominations took place in Babylonia around 760-770 CE.

When Moses saw the splitting of the Red Sea ... This song is the Song of Songs – Shir Hashirim. On Passover, we read about the love between God and the Jewish people in a metaphor of a loving ...

As Memoir of a Snail comes to BFI Player, Andrew Osmond joins the dots of recent critically acclaimed animated features that have seen indie creators taking on the big studios.