In Torah time — both timeless and this week — we gather at Sinai once again to receive the foundational values and directives upon which to move from scarcity/slave mentality and behavior to ...
In the shadow of Har Sinai, where the thunderous revelation of Matan Torah is about to unfold, an unexpected teacher emerges, Yitro, a Midianite priest and Moshe Rabbeinu's father-in-law. Before the ...
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 ...
The Torah’s claim about the revelation at Har Sinai also reinforces our belief in Hashem (in addition to our faith in the Torah’s Divine origin). The claim that an entire nation (as opposed to ...
There cannot possibly be a substitute for the experience of encountering the knowledge of Hashem once it has directly impacted upon one’s consciousness.