February 16, 2012
TORAH FOR THE NATIONS The weekly Torah portion and its lessons for all people Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18 The Sinaitic Covenant by Avraham ben Yaakov The narrative of the event known as the Giving of the Torah – when all the people of Israel stood at Mount Sinai, heard the voice of HaShem and undertook to […]
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June 17, 2011
A big picture look at the books of the Bible and the Oral Law. by Rabbi Mordechai Becher Excerpted from Gateway to Judaism: The What, How and Why of Jewish Life. The word “Torah,” in its narrow sense, refers to the Five Books of Moses. In a broader sense, however, Torah includes the entire Written Law (Tanach), […]
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