Torah Minute

Birth and Death 01.05.2025 3:30 ↓

This week is a double tour portion which concerns, conception and birth, as well as death and disease. What do these two have to do with each other?

Upward Trend 30.04.2025 2:47 ↓

What is counting the Omer all about?

Connect Call 03.04.2025 3:07 ↓

How does the name of this week's Torah portion express our connection to G-d?

An Offer He Can't Refuse 31.03.2025 2:55 ↓

Can we make G-d and offer He can't refuse?

Vayakhel Community 20.03.2025 3:33 ↓

What does it mean to be a part of the whole Jewish community?

Round Them Up 17.03.2025 2:34 ↓

What does Shabbat teach us about being a community?

Purim Upside Down 17.03.2025 1:57 ↓

Everything can turn around in an instant!

Ultimate Connection 06.03.2025 2:30 ↓

Our quintessential connection with G-d can have a tremendous impact on us, our surroundings and the world.

Deal Goes Awry 03.03.2025 2:16 ↓

Moses makes a deal with G-d and it's fulfilled in a peculiar way. And we can access this as well.

Give It Your Half 27.02.2025 3:01 ↓

What is the significance of giving the annual half shekel?

Are You Holy? 26.02.2025 2:57 ↓

What do the mishkan and Holy Temple teach us about ourselves?

When Tragedy Strikes 20.02.2025 4:48 ↓

What is the Jewish way to respond to difficult times?

Yitro 13.02.2025 3:11 ↓

Why is this week's Torah portion named after an idol worshiper?

Executive Orders 10.02.2025 2:23 ↓

What's with all the weird details?

Sent Away 06.02.2025 2:24 ↓

Why did Pharaoh have to send the Jews away? Couldn't they leave on their own?

Disaster at Sea 03.02.2025 2:16 ↓

Only relentless commitment will protect us!

Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative 30.01.2025 2:08 ↓

The importance of doing good AND eradicating evil.

Splitting Up 27.01.2025 2:27 ↓

Why are the plagues divided into two separate Torah portions?

"What's in a Name?" 16.01.2025 2:47 ↓

Why is this week's Torah portion called "Names"?

The Inextinguishable Fire 15.01.2025 2:27 ↓

The fire within cannot be extinguished!

Life and Death 09.01.2025 4:03 ↓

Why is this week's Torah portion called "And he lived" when it speaks of Jacob's death?

Passing of a Consequential Leader 06.01.2025 2:58 ↓

What does the passing of our forefathers teach us?

Vayigash - One Story, Three Levels 02.01.2025 2:16 ↓

What is the true reality of exile?

Seven Nights of Chanukah? 30.12.2024 2:28 ↓

What, exactly, was the miracle of Chanukah and what does it teach us today?

Let There Be Light: Happy Chanukah! 26.12.2024 2:51 ↓

The significance of the Chanukah lights.