This week our Torah portion (Leviticus 12:1–15:33) describes situations in which people are “clean” or “unclean.” In Hebrew, the words are “tamay” (unclean) or “tahor” (clean).

This week’s D’rash is written in honor of Claire Schultz on the occasion of her upcoming Bat Avraham This week, our Torah portion...

This week's D’rash is written in honor of Eliana Gerstein on the occasion of her upcoming Bat Mitzvah. The Torah portion for this week...

This week our Torah portion describes the instructions for building the Tabernacle. In Exodus 25:8 we read, “Let them construct a...