A Pesah Message for My Students
Mar 27, 2010 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Shabbat Hagadol | Tzav | Pesah
This week’s Torah portion reports instructions given by God to Moses concerning Aaron and his priestly descendants. The rest of us, as it were, are invited to eavesdrop.
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The Fruits of Close Reading
Sep 16, 2013 By Robert Harris | Commentary | Sukkot
鈥淚n order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Eg测辫迟鈥�&苍产蝉辫;(Lev. 23:43).
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Taking What Isn鈥檛 Ours
Sep 11, 2013 By Daniel Nevins | Commentary | Yom Kippur
It鈥檚 not literally a skeleton in my closet, but I was still upset to find it hanging there.
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A New Question for Passover
Apr 16, 2011 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Shabbat Hagadol | Pesah
The means to ultimate redemption鈥攁nd a sure sign that redemption has arrived鈥攊s peace between the generations. We can’t hope for redemption of the world, the prophet says, if the hearts of fathers and sons (the literal translation of the prophetic verse) are not “returned upon” each other.
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A Call for Hope
Sep 10, 2011 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Rosh Hashanah
In the face of a litany of personal, societal, and global woes that has seemed particularly long this year; in the face of our nation鈥檚 inability to shake the economy loose or defeat our enemies or work together despite our differences, the Jewish calendar insists there is something new in store鈥攐r that there can be, if we together do as the Torah commands.
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The Whimsy, Confusion, and Hope of Purim
Feb 11, 2012 By Arnold M. Eisen | Commentary | Purim
Purim is probably the most confusing of all Jewish holidays.
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The Bitter Truth
Apr 8, 2014 By David C. Kraemer | Short Video | Pesah
This short video details the history of maror and suggests the possibility of a maror tasting to reflect on what best symbolizes slavery at a seder.
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