Tu B’Shvat, the new year for fruit trees, the 15 th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, marks the cutoff point of that year’s ...

Midrash Rabba, Ecclesiastes 7:16 One needn’t be a strict devotee of the Old Testament and Talmudic lore to recognize the timeless wisdom of their words. In fact, as the years fly by, its basis ...

Therefore, I will set aside the heavenly and earthly realms and speak with you.’” (Midrash Rabbah, Shemot, Parasha 1) Remarkably, even after this divine revelation and a direct command to ...

Jocelyn opens the lesson with a question that links both her social goal and the current values text (Bereishit Rabbah 100:7) that the class is studying: “How do we make people feel included in our ...

Even the animals have been singing to G-d every day, since Creation. Every time you hear a bird chirping, a rooster crowing, a donkey braying etc., they are singing praise to G-d. If you want to know ...