Korbanot Pregnant with Meaning – Parshat Tazria 2024

Pregnancy is objectively difficult. The experience varies from woman to woman and from pregnancy to pregnancy, but there are common challenges that apply almost universally even if everything is going as expected. During the first trimester, a pregnant woman may have extreme nausea, cravings, and just a very weird relationship with food. I remember that …

Mishael, Elzaphan, and the Levite Casualty Treatment Unit – Parshat Shemini 2024

In the past six months, I learned, as I’m sure many you have, as well,  about units in the IDF that I never knew existed. I learned about the IDF’s Unit 669, one of its most elite units, trained to enter into combat zones and evacuate wounded soldiers by helicopter, who have saved hundreds of …