Hashem does not say to the people, “Feel differently.” Hashem says, “Move.” Nachshon steps forward not because the sea has ...

Dignity is not rigidity. It is wisdom in motion. At the sea, Israel recovers inner choice. Against Amalek, they learn to act ...

In the final scene of “The Graduate,” as the giddy runaway lovers Elaine and Benjamin take their seats at the back of a bus, we are plunged into a moment of sudden stillness that interrupts the ...

The weekly Torah portion ‘Beshalach’ concludes with the first battle the Jewish people faced after leaving Egypt – the war against Amalek. Amalek, the symbol of heresy and impurity and a bitter enemy ...

We are at a watershed moment, and we need to respond from courage, artfulness, and faith, – not from despair. It’s time to cross the Reed Sea together. Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra asks on Exodus 14:13: ...

On Saturday, January 31, 2026 (13 Shvat 5786), Madeline Greenberg, child of Philip Greenberg & Sophia Stone and Jhrusha Noyes, will be called to the Torah as Bet Mitzvah at Congregation Har HaShem.

“And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph, who had exacted an oath from the children of Israel, saying, ‘God will be sure to take notice of you: then you shall carry up my bones from here with you.

Miriam heard the same questions Moshe did – What now? Where do we go from here? and she rose to usher her people through it with song, dance, and thanks to God. Even now, in 2021, as women take on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Which approach is more meaningful and more critical? Since both are mentioned, each has validity. Indeed, when reciting the Amidah (the central prayer of the ...

This week’s parsha opens with a very puzzling statement: God does not use the quickest route to bring the Israelites to their land, lest it lead to a desire to return to Egypt. Commentators argue ...

Against all conceivable odds, the tyrannical Egyptian Empire is brought down to its knees by The Ten Plagues and Pharoah finally tells Moses that the Jewish slaves are free to go worship God in the ...