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פיגמנט מיובש וטלית עם ציציות בצבעי לבן ותכלת

Sea snails, sacred threads and royal purple: Inside the lost world of biblical dyes

'Colors that come from the sea': Ancient sea-snail dyes once colored priestly garments, Temple textiles and royal robes; new research and exhibitions in Haifa reveal how biblical tekhelet and argaman were made and why they mattered

Yogev Israeli | 10.10.26

Adam blamed Eve. Israel's leaders are making the same mistake after Oct. 7

Three years after the October 7 massacre, Israel's government continues to evade responsibility; the biblical stories of Adam and Eve, King Saul and King David reveal why acknowledging failure is a fundamental obligation in Jewish tradition

Rabbi David Stav | 10.10.26

What the Garden of Eden can teach us about raising creative thinkers

The two creation accounts in Genesis offer a lesson for modern education: Students need both structure and freedom to take risks, overcome challenges and develop the creativity, resilience and independent thinking needed to succeed

Michael Eisenberg | 10.09.26

Stop striking rocks: Moses' final lesson in leadership before Israel enters the Promised Land

From appointing Joshua to blessing the tribes, Moses spends his final days preparing Israel to act without him, turning the lesson of the struck rock into a final message about succession, responsibility and the limits of leadership

Michael Eisenberg | 10.02.26

How much are you really willing to pay for your values?

It is easy to talk about integrity, people and quality as long as there is no cost attached; Parashat Vezot Haberakhah and Rabbi Isaac Arama offer a sharper test: A true value reveals itself precisely when it clashes with profit, comfort or success

Ziv Elul | 10.01.26

'A vile and unwise people' or rather 'A wise and understanding people'?

A single Hebrew word in Moses’ final song reveals a deeper warning about abusing the systems meant to guide us — and why Ha’azinu’s message of responsibility, wisdom and moral purpose resonates as Yom Kippur approaches

Michael Eisenberg | 09.18.26

Moses on Mount Nebo by Robert Hawke Dowling

The best managers don’t prevent every fall. They know which ones to allow

The eagle metaphor in this week’s Torah portion, Haazinu, and Yom Kippur’s message of failure and renewal offer managers the same lesson: give people room to struggle and grow, while staying close enough to keep a mistake from becoming a disaster

Ziv Elul | 09.17.26

Israeli singer Ishay Ribo: ‘Secular Israelis must value Torah, Haredim must value soldiers’

Singer says he rejected a NIS 1 million deal on his rabbi’s advice, turned down reality TV and left social media, while reflecting on Haredi enlistment, October 7, antisemitism abroad and the crisis that made him question his career

Raz Shechnik | 09.11.26

When hidden sins become a collective responsibility

Weekly Torah portion: The Torah’s distinction between hidden and revealed sins calls on society to confront 'open secrets' and systemic wrongdoing, warning that collective responsibility extends beyond what can be formally proven

Michael Eisenberg | 09.04.26

The management mistake of waiting for the ‘right time’ to change

This week’s Torah portion, Nitzavim, offers managers a lesson in change: sometimes the first step creates the conditions needed for the next one

Ziv Elul | 09.03.26

What the Torah demands when the rules of war take over

Ki-Teitzei places laws on war, exploitation and human dignity side by side, offering a lesson for soldiers and society: fear, violence and power need not erode morality, but can deepen solidarity and responsibility

Michael Eisenberg | 08.21.26

The sin of doing nothing: what the Torah demands of leaders

The weekly Torah portion of Shoftim teaches that leaders cannot simply claim they did no wrong; from public safety to economic reform, failing to prevent harm or pursue the public good can itself be a failure of duty

Michael Eisenberg | 08.14.26

Learning from competitors without becoming them | Business insights from the weekly Torah portion

Managers love innovation, but many organizations improve through imitation; This week's Torah portion Shoftim and Rabbi Isaac Arama offer the right boundary: Tools can be learned from the outside, but purpose cannot be copied

Ziv Elul | 08.13.26

King of demons, king of loneliness: The Jewish legends of Asmodeus

Asmodeus appears in Jewish literature as a demon who threatens intimacy, family and identity; From killing seven grooms in the Book of Tobit to replacing King Solomon in a Talmudic legend, he represents humanity’s fears of loneliness, deception and hidden selves

Itzchak Tessler | 08.07.26

How can economic abundance be managed so it does not decompose national cohesion?

Beyond blessings and curses: How the Torah creates institutions for a thriving society

Parshat Re’eh reveals how the Torah moves beyond blessings and curses to address a deeper challenge: building institutions that transform material abundance into social cohesion, shared responsibility and national resilience

Michael Eisenberg | 08.07.26

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