weekly insights

During the Jubilee Year 2000, Pope John Paul II designated the Second Sunday of Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday” in the Catholic calendar,...

A key biblical text that fuels the interpretative energies of both Jews and Christians during Passover and Easter respectively is the...

Tomorrow night (27 March 2021), Jewish communities commence the Passover Festival. Meanwhile, Catholics enter Holy Week, and prepare to...

After all the action-packed stories of Genesis and Exodus, upon reaching the Book of Leviticus the reader notices the lack of movement....

Prior to the Golden Calf episode, God had given Moses detailed instructions about how the Tabernacle was to be constructed. Now, after...

The Exodus story of the rebellion at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites erect a golden calf, raises an interesting question. Up until this...

“You shall make sacred vestments for the glorious adornment of your brother Aaron. And you shall speak to all who have ability, whom I...

In 2021, the one-day Jewish festival of Purim commences at sundown on 25th February. Learning about another’s religion is always...

Join in this Torah reflection with Light of Torah readers exploring the Exodus story. . . Having received the stone tablets inscribed...

Lent and Holy Week are times for Christian teachers and preachers to be particularly vigilant in their handling of the lectionary...

"When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you shall bring it back. When you see the donkey of one who hates you lying...

“Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke, for the Eternal had come down upon it in fire...and the whole mountain trembled violently. The blare...

In the Book of Exodus two biblical masterpieces conclude the account of the liberation from Egypt. Chapter 14 tells of the crossing of...

"We are nurtured by deep roots, as far back as Abraham and Sarah; we reach upwards to the heavens while standing firmly on the ground;...

We Remember the Six Million. We remember each one, a unique person, with an irreplaceable story. We remember all who died and suffered....

Exodus 10-13 tells of dramatic events. Three more plagues exhibit the power of the Lord. The tug-of-war continues between Pharaoh and...

In the Book of Exodus we find a sequence of tense encounters between Pharaoh and the two Hebrew brothers, Moses and Aaron. The encounters...

Exodus: that foundational story of God’s liberation of the Israelites from slavery and their formation as a nation. Exodus opens with the...

As our Torah portion opens, Jacob has been 17 years in Egypt. His longing for his homeland is unmistakable. His longings reflect not only...

Today’s Torah portion appears to bring the saga of Jacob’s sons to a happy conclusion. In a tearful reunion, Joseph reveals himself as...