All posts in Rabbi Ori Bergman

  Two of the major parts of Judaism are the ethical and the ritual. We can all understand the importance

As we enter the new month of Av, I’d like to use this platform as an opportunity to give a

  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks shares a most pertinent idea for the time period we find ourselves in: Beginning Sunday with

For Israeli theologian Yeshayahu Leibowitz, nothing was more spiritually heinous than Korach’s preposterous theological assertion in the commencement of our

  Individuality seems to be a noble aspiration. Yet religion seems to demand conformity — following a certain code of

Shavuot is Zman Matan Torateinu, the time of the giving of the Torah. Here is a Mishnah from Pirkei Avot

Ramadan Shalah, the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization once said (May 2014): What is the meaning of

Rabbi Zelig Pliskin shares a wonderful insight into the mitzvah to “love your fellow as yourself” and the barriers to

  Parshat Acharei Mot discusses the Yom Kippur service in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. One of the most dramatic

The Passover Seder is an opportunity that provides us with the energy to access freedom in our personal and collective