After Pinchas kills the Jewish man and Midianite woman committing immoral acts, God applauds Pinchas, granting him a “brit shalom” (covenant of peace; Numbers 25:12). Can we deduce from God’s approval ...

Parshat Vaeira contains a paradigm shift; after 210 years in Egyptian exile, the process of redemption is about to begin in earnest with the initiating of the ten plagues. Prior to the beginning of ...

Parashat Pinchas begins with a continuation of the narrative of Israel’s immoral behavior found at the conclusion of Parashat Balak. That behavior was induced by Balaam, the heathen prophet hired by ...

How can I write a d’var Torah when I can’t stop crying? The horrific news from the Middle East — our boys, their boys, the steady progress of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — I can’t bear to put ...