Today is the last day of the year 5786. Tomorrow is the Day of Teru‘ah. “In the seventh month, on the first day of

In Deuteronomy 30, Moses stands before Israel on the 7th of Adar, the last day of his life. For forty years he has been their

There is a Hebrew word that, to me, carries something essential about the biblical understanding of knowing God. טַעַם — taʿam Its root is

This week, I was awakened by the sound of a shofar—sharp, broken, almost crying. I looked at the calendar, following my guess. Exactly. The

Imagine the scene with me. Forty years have passed. Moses is standing on the plains of Moab. Before him is a new generation. They did