According to Rambam and the Sefer HaChinuch (and other mitzva counters, but not all), we go back to Parshat B'shalach for the first of the Torah's five mitzvot concerning Shabbat. Specifically, we ...

Noach’s Ark was by all counts an impressive craft. The dimensions are given in Bereishit 6:14: 300 amot (cubits) long; 50 amot wide and 30 amot high. That, in modern terms, is approximately 564’ x 95’ ...

"ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם" And they shall make Me a sanctuary (Mikdash) and I will dwell in their midst. Parashat Shmini presents the commencement of the service of Aaron as High Priest in Mishkan ...

The ambiguity of mikdash me'at is that of the exile experience itself, one of suffering and restriction and yet of great creativity and achievement. But it is only me'at, small, compared to what the ...

I would like to share with you a refreshing new look from the book Meir Panim from one of the central stories of the churban, the destruction, but before that we need to backtrack to the sixth day of ...

I go to a shul that meets in a gym. Not an especially nice gym either—it could use a paint job and some adornments, and also some carpeting to help us muffle the noise in a space that we often call ...

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