It is no coincidence that the laws of the Shmittah (Sabbatical year) are taught from Sinai. These laws, unlike the moral commandments, pertain to the earth itself. Thus, Sinai becomes the place where ...

Indeed the laws of Shemittah were meant to be given at Har Sinai because the original plan was that we would enter the land of Israel a short while later, not forty years later.

Are we so focused on Sinai, a mountain that we have no idea how to locate or that we have visited in thousands of years? Nope ...

Shavuot customs include all-night Torah study, listening to the recitation of the Ten Commandments, the reading of the Book ...

This week’s double portion starts out with a divine reminder of the sabbatical rest of the promised land. Many generations of ...

The records showed that Weil’s father, at only age 19, had asked for and been given a loan to save his parents and other ...

There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a ...

A hallmark of Pittsburgh Jewish life is returning for an evening of education, cheesecake and coffee. Complete with speakers ...

The Mt. Sinai Health Foundation in Cleveland was honored with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s highest civic honor, the ...

A Hallmark of every COJO Legislative Breakfast is the air of expectation – the palpable buzz – that begins as soon as the first guests arrive and doesn’t end until the last guests leave hours la ...

IN THE beginning was the word,’ John 1:1 commences like Genesis, connecting the God of Israel to the word. And the ...

The United Nations General Assembly (GA) asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give a non-binding advisory ...