PITTSBURGH (AP) — The head priest and dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 in baseball cards from a Walmart.
Who is the stranger in the Bible? Some Americans would be surprised.
Rabbis and cantors shouldn't have to seek outside training to flourish in their work, writes a cantor and licensed social worker.
Photographer and therapist Sharon Abeles said a costume can “touch on wishful thinking and role-playing … and also allow journeying to new places to feel the personality of the one ...
Men are often met as uniforms before they are met as human beings. We read the “outside” first: the job title, the competence ...
The Ba’al HaTurim (Rabbi Jacob ben Asher, 1269-1343) explained that this was a consequence of Moses’ defense of the Jewish ...
Our clothes are communicative. When we wear them, we convey a message, be that subtle or explicit, to those who see us. Clothes, therefore, are quiet stories that we tell each day. When God tells us ...
“The book of Ezekiel (the usual haftarah for Tetzaveh) speaks repeatedly of a future time when all the world will know God.
And perhaps that is why Moshe’s name is absent here. The greatest leaders are not obsessed with visibility. Their egos are quiet. Their influence is steady. Moshe’s light in Tetzaveh is like the ...
A barrier is not social segregation but a spiritual foundation that guarantees the camp's sanctity and preserves its identity.
There’s something wonderfully ironic about the fact that Purim almost always lands during this week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh. On the surface, they seem like opposites. Purim is loud, funny, chaotic.
“You shall make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for honor (kavod) and glory (tiferet).” Exodus 28:2 “In the third year of his reign, [Achashverosh] made a banquet for all his princes and his ...