The first words of the Torah reading of Reeh (Deuteronomy 11:26) starts off by declaring: “See, I set before you today a blessing and a curse.” The first two words are “See” (Reeh) and “I” (Anochi).

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the German-American pioneer of modernist architecture, coined the phrase “Less is more.” It meant that sometimes, when it comes to design, reducing components can actually be ...

The Torah tells us not to add to or subtract from the commandments (Deuteronomy 13:1). This directive seems to contravene the ongoing development of Jewish law on the part of the rabbis (17:8–13).

The first word in our portion re’eh is one of the most powerful terms found in the Torah. In fact, God is described as a re’eh on three different levels. The first time the word is found in the Torah, ...

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