Tag: Mitzvot

Marriage As Mitzvah

Jews see marriage as mitzvah based on biblical and rabbinic texts. Marriage is seen as important for spirituality and closeness with God.

Rabbi Carl Astor, The Observant Life (Book) June 26, 2024 Learning Lifecycles

Shabbat for Jewish Pets and Their Owners

Here are a few tips to celebrate Shabbat for Jewish pets and their owners and how to enhance your family's Shabbat experience.

Rabbi Alex Hamilton June 19, 2024 Animals Daily Living

Birkat Yeladim: Blessing Children

Read more on how to preform Birkat Yeladim, the blessing over our children, and where the blessing and practice come from.

Reena Bromberg Gaber January 31, 2024 Blessings Erev Shabbat

Understanding The Jewish Call To Sustainability

Understanding the Jewish call to sustainability is rooted in a new category of mitzvot: bein adam l'adamah, between the self and the Earth.

Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin January 3, 2024 Climate and Environment Living

The Mitzvah of Environmental Sustainability

What does Judaism say about environmental sustainability? Yishuv Ha'olam is the mitzvah to build and maintain a sustainable world.

Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin January 3, 2024 CJLS Climate and Environment

Bright Wings

Parashat Haazinu is the poem that Moshe sings to the people of Israel before he delivers his deathbed blessing, discussing bright wings.

Ilana Kurshan, Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva June 12, 2023 Parashat Haazinu Parashat Haazinu Dvar Torah

Study Guide: Food or Famine? Up to Us?

The study guide for parashat Eikev explores the Shema and the mitzvot mandated by the sacred prayer, such as mezuzot and tefillin.

Vered Hollander-Goldfarb, Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva June 6, 2023 Parashat Eikev Parashat Eikev Study Guide

A Conduit of Blessing

In this parashah, Moshe prepares the people for their entry into Israel, extolling the conduit of blessing that they are about to conquer.

Ilana Kurshan, Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva June 6, 2023 Parashat Eikev Parashat Eikev Dvar Torah

The Textual Foundations of Honoring One’s Parents

The Rabbis explain that honoring one’s parents is to be understood essentially as an act of worshiping God.

Rabbi Daniel Nevins, The Observant Life (Book) May 31, 2023 Family Learning

Spies and Tzitzit: Camels and Death

Our parashah is bookended by the story of the spies and tzitzit. This leads to a discussion on the obligation of mitzvot.

Ilana Kurshan, Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva May 28, 2023 Parashat Shlach Parashat Shlach Dvar Torah

Study Guide: The Vessel of Blessings

The study guide for Bechukotai explores how "peace" is used in this week's parashah, as well as the commentary surrounding this.

Vered Hollander-Goldfarb, Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva April 28, 2023 Parashat Bechukotai Parashat Bechukotai Study Guide