Upon Waters of Peace by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine The Kohein had been asked to do the unthinkable. He looked up with shock at his mentor who had given him the directive. “To erase G-d’s holy name into the water.” The Kohein waited for some clarification. Perhaps he had heard wrong or misunderstood. But, no. His more »

The Boat That Wouldn’t Row by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine In this week’s Torah portion we read of the Sotah, the unfaithful wife. A husband saw his wife “hanging out” improperly, and he warned her. Now she did it again. She was seen going privately with a man. The Torah outlines a procedure to clarify what more »

by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine In this week’s parsha we read the story of the Sotah, the woman who is suspected of being unfaithful. Her husband accuses her of improper behavior. She denies wrongdoing. The Torah provides a system to break the deadlock. “Write this portion of Torah [with ink] then dissolve it into water.” Miraculously, more »

by Rabbi Mordechai Rhine The Book of Bamidbar, or “Numbers” as it is known, begins with a mitzvah to obtain the count of the Jewish people. What is interesting is that the total is exactly the same as the count that took place just a few months earlier when the Jews built the Mishkan/ Sanctuary more »