As the summer ends, and the High Holy Days beckon, we begin the annual process of trying to prepare ourselves spiritually for those approaching awesome days. We are helped along in that process as we read the closing two paragraphs of this sedra. The next-to-the last section explains that we are to have honest weights …
“El na refah na lah… Sometimes we feel like we are completely alone. When we are struggling with illness or difficult times— whether physical illness, mental illness or emotional challenges like depression or anxiety—it can seem like no one understands. Sometimes, people who truly want to help don’t know how, and trying to explain things can be more frustrating or …
The Torah, which records the earliest history of the Jewish people, does not begin (as one might expect) with Abraham, the first Jew. Rather, the Torah begins at the Beginning, with creation iteself. Why might that be? One answer is that Torah wnts to talk about the creation of all human beings, before it narrows …