This week we are starting the Torah all over again with Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), and I’m taking advantage of the new Jewish year to restart my Torah Talk column. You know, of course, that ...

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My family recently moved into a smaller house. A lot of work went into trying to reduce the chaos of the big day, but it was, after all,a move. Unpacking took much longer, as we determined what would ...

Should the first words of the Torah be understood as “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” or “When God began to create the heaven and the earth”? Introducing Rabbi Michael M. Cohen, ...

We must take pride in these values that the Torah bequeaths to us and continue to pray for good tidings, salvation, and comfort. “A time of trouble for Jacob, but from it, he shall be saved” (Jeremiah ...

The Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks explains the enduring relevance of the first book of the Torah in the introduction to his new book, 'Covenant & Conversation volume I', a collection of his essays on ...

“Gather, assemble yourselves and let me tell you what will become of you in the end of days,” Jacob says to his sons. These are the closing moments of the book of Bereshit (Genesis), and of all the ...