This Torah portion contains the height of Jewish liturgy, the priestly blessings. What is a blessing? I often meet with a person who is looking to change their life and it comes down to “the moment ...

The Torah portion this week, Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89) presents us with the strange and pure commitment of the Nazir, a Hebrew word meaning “consecrated” or “separated” from the community. The most ...

The Torah reading of Naso is a diverse and content-rich portion. It includes a description of the work the Levites performed transporting the Tabernacle components during their desert journey. It has ...

The sotah laws (Numbers 5:11–31) may explain a troublesome comment made by Rabbi Eliezer in the Talmud: “Whoever teaches his daughter Torah teaches her tiflut [sometimes translated as ‘obscenity’]” ...

If a thief robs, swears falsely that he did not steal, and then confesses his guilt, the Torah tells us that he is liable to return the value of the object plus an additional one-fifth to the ...