In this week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Terumah, the Jewish People are asked to contribute 13 materials: gold, silver and copper; blue-, purple- and red-dyed wool; flax, goat hair, animal skins, […]
Weekly Torah Portion
Insight and themes on the weekly Torah portion (parshah) read aloud in synagogue.
A thought-provoking, inspirational look at Parshas Mishpatim with Oorah’s General Counsel, Rabbi Bentzion Turin
In this week’s Torah Portion, Parshat Mishpatim, Hashem gives the Jewish People a series of 53 mitzvot (commandments) – 23 positive mitzvot and 30 negative mitzvot. The laws cover the […]
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Beshalach, Hashem leads the Jewish People through the desert with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. After […]
Inspiration for Parshas Beshalach with TorahMates coordinator Rabbi Louie Friedman
G-d orchestrated the Jewish exodus from Egypt with a spectacular show of nature-bending miracles. Why did He have to do this? Think of the alternate possibilities. G-d could have made […]
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshas Bo, we see the last three of the ten plagues. A swarm of locusts devours all the crops and greenery; a thick darkness envelops […]
Inspiration for Parshat Va’eira with TorahMates coordinator Rabbi Mordechai Horovitz
TorahMates coordinator Mrs. Sarah Feldman on Parshas Shemos
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Shemot, the Jewish people multiply in Egypt. Pharaoh is afraid of the growing numbers so he enslaves the Jewish people, forcing them to build […]
