Our Parashah begins with the laws of social restructuring known as Shmitah and Yovel. Every six years of working the land, the land itself must…

  In Parashat Va’era, God speaks to Moses at one of the most difficult moments of the Exodus story. The people are crushed by labor,…

There is a quiet habit in many Jewish communities—rarely stated out loud, but often felt. We sometimes look down on the so-called “assimilated Jew.” The…