Parshah • July 2022
Chukat – The Future Lies With Jewish Women
In this week’s parsha we read of Moses’ sister’s Miriam’s passing. It was in her great merit that the Jewish people in the desert had water to drink. Miraculous wells…
Parshah • July 2021
Chukat – The Art of Jewish Engraving
The name of the sedra, Chukat, means Jewish law. But a deeper meaning of the word is something that is engraved and scored onto a substance. Some laws defy logic…
Parshah • July 2020
Chukat Balak – Spiritual, Yet Evil
In this double Sedra of Chukas-Balak, we encounter the enigmatic and perplexing personnage of Bila’am. Endowed with extremely high spiritual capacities (some say equivalent to Moses) he presents as an…
Parshah • July 2018
Chukat – A Message Etched in Stone Won’t Find Itself in a Paper Shredder
The difference between writing on paper and engraving in stone is the permanence of the latter. But often the engraved message can’t be read as the grooves have been filled…
Parshah • July 2017
Chukat – Extracting Water from a Rock?
If you and I hit a rock it may not be a big deal, even if G-d tells us to speak to it. But the standards of behavior expected of…
Parshah • July 2016
Chukat – Engraved on Two Tablets of Stone
We have previously mentioned that Chukim, the name of this week’s sedra, means laws with apparent reason and are a test of faith.
Parshah • July 2014
Chukat – Intellect is not Truth
What is a Chok? Is reason a pathway to truth? The twelve decidors of the Final solution were Nazis 8 of whom had PhD’s. Belief begins where reason leaves off.…