Desert; Wilderness

G-d certainly knew of the travel magazines’ “100 best locations to vacation,” of the beautiful beaches of Maui and the majestic Alps. Why, then, was the Torah given in a hot desert in middle of the summer?

Why did G-d marry the Jews in the desert? Could He not come up with any better place?

The desert is desolate, bare; where survival is chancy and death is a given.

It is not enough for G‑d to give us the Torah; we have to receive it.

This is going to be, eventually, a column about love.

There is something unique about the relationship of Jews to the Torah, the way we stand in its presence as if it were a king, dance with it as if it were a bride, listen to it telling our story and study it, as we say in our prayers, as “our life and the ...

Itche and Jono ride through the desert on goats. Why? Watch the video and find out . . .

In the desert there are no office buildings or factories. So if you lived in the desert, chances are you wouldn't have a job. There'd be no boss bossing you, and no underlings under you