I remember the first time I heard the saying “All of us were there at Sinai.” It was at the start of my deep dive into Judaism after years of searching for meaning and healing after challenging life events. There is some kind of ancestral or soulical tie to those words that confirmed a familiarity I had frequently felt within myself. I imagined myself at the foot of the mountain as millions of us stood, awaiting the Torah before the next leg of the journey began. For years, l

This Passover, I’m not having a Seder and I’m not kashering my entire kitchen. I can feel the gasps from some of my readers as I’m writing this. I know it's unexpected.

Purpose, Law, and Communal Responsibility in Parashat Vayikra

Pekuach nefesh, innui nefesh? To fast, or not to fast?

It's officially September, and we've only got two more weeks of the month of Elul. Time has definitely flown by. But it's been...