The Strands and the Cord Thoughts on Torah Portion Va’eira 2025 Throughout her discussion of this week’s Torah portion, ...

When Moses resists the Divine call, he expresses a heartfelt and deep humility that serves as a model for all of us.

"G-d's angel appeared to Moses in a blaze of fire from amid a thorny-bush," we read in Shemos. "He saw and behold! The bush was burning in the fire but was not consumed. Moses said to himself ...

In an age riven by ethnic and religious conflict, the message of the Torah rings true in our time. To be free, you have to ...

I completed a Bible study on Psalm 90. This Psalm is a prayer from Moses to God. Moses prays about the eternal nature of God; the fragile nature of humanity; mankind’s sinful ...

Angelenos are being purified, we are being tested by fire. Our city is being tested, as is our Church, the family of God.

We have always believed in the “long game,” the necessity to prepare for the future even at the cost of the present.

Each year, on Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is observed, marking 40 days after Christmas. This day ...

In this week’s Torah reading, Moses begins his path to leading a revolution. Born a Levite among the Israelites, raised by the daughter of Pharaoh, he is a prince of Egypt. But in one moment ...

Outside the promised land Jews in the biblical age are in danger if they tell the truth. They are at constant risk of being killed or at best enslaved.

We then witness the great scene at the Burning Bush, where God summons him to lead his people to freedom. Moses hesitates four times, until God becomes angry and Moses knows he has no other choice.