This week we begin reading the second book of the Torah, Shemot, and the account of the Exodus. Yocheved gives birth to a baby boy, “and when she saw how good [tov] he was, she hid him for three months.” (Exodus 2:2) Based on this, the Talmud explains that Yocheved named her baby “Tov” or “Tuviah”
The Torah provides clear and sacred guidelines for treating the body of a deceased individual, as seen in Parshat Vayechi. These commandments
In Parshat Shemot, the midwives, Yocheved and her daughter Miriam, displayed extraordinary courage and faith. Commanded by Pharaoh to kill all Jewish
This coming Friday marks the fast of Asarah Be’Tevet, established on the day when Nevuchadnetzar first laid siege to the holy city of Yerushalayim, a
