The rabbi always connects the week's Torah portion to the issues of the day.

What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow: this is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.

My son is being called up to the Torah on Sunday.

The Book of Matthew relates an incident when Jesus was needlessly cruel to a Canaanite woman in a manner that is completely at odds with the Torah's commandment to treat strangers as "one of your own."

Torah is greater than the priesthood or the monarchy.

The Pharisees believed anybody could become learned in Torah, regardless of their station in life.

That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour. That is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary. Now go and learn.

Blessed are You, the Eternal, our God, King of the Universe, who has chosen us from all the nations and given us His Torah. Blessed are You, the Eternal, giver of the Torah.

There are things in the Torah that don't look great to a modern reader, just as there are in the Christian and Muslim scriptures.

The Pharisees believed anyone could become learned in Torah, regardless of their station in life.