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It’s been said that only 3% of the population likes classical music. But in a TED talk entitled, “The Transformative Power of Classical Music,”  conductor Ben Zandler notes, “Everybody loves classical

He told me proudly that it was his first day driving to school by himself. When I asked him if he had rolled the windows down and cranked up the radio

The Torah readings on Simchat Torah, which begins at sundown on Monday, begin with the final portion in the Torah – V’Zot Haberacha (“and this is the blessing”) – in which

During the holiday of Sukkot, which begins Sunday night, we are commanded to “…live in booths seven days.”

Nearing the end of the Torah, this week’s portion, Vayelech, is about transitions. 

“Happy New Year!” It’s a phrase we’ll hear often as we usher in the year 5776.  We wish each other a sweet, healthy, prosperous, peaceful… and happy, year. But what

This week’s parasha, Ki Tavo, opens with a commandment to the Children of Israel that, after settling the land that God has given them, they were to gather some of

There are a lot of mitzvot mentioned in this week’s Torah portion, Ki Teitzei – 72 to be exact. The range of topics is staggering: from treatment of prisoners of

This week’s parasha, Shoftim, contains the powerful phrase, “Justice, justice, shall you pursue.”

This week’s parasha is Re’eh, (“see”) and begins, “See, this day I set before you blessing and curse: blessing, if you obey the commandments of Adonai your God that I