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    Rabbi Mordechai Rackover serves as Editor in Chief of Exploring Judaism and Director of Publications and Digital Engagement at The Rabbinical Assembly. He has a background in education, campus work, and the pulpit. Mordechai studied for nearly a decade in a number of Yeshivot in Israel and has a BA in Jewish Studies from McGill University and an MA in Jewish Communal Leadership from Brandeis University. When not working he can be found reading or cooking and occasionally catering. Check out his Instagram for mouthwatering shots.

Rabbi Mordechai Rackover serves as Editor in Chief of Exploring Judaism and Director of Publications and Digital Engagement at The Rabbinical Assembly. He has a background in education, campus work, and the pulpit. Mordechai studied for nearly a decade in a number of Yeshivot in Israel and has a BA in Jewish Studies from McGill University and an MA in Jewish Communal Leadership from Brandeis University. When not working he can be found reading or cooking and occasionally catering. Check out his Instagram for mouthwatering shots.

My Posts

Whom Are You Taking To Shul?

For Parashat Nitzavim, the parashah right before Rosh Hashanah, we ask the question, "Whom are you taking to shul?"

Leave Nothing to Chance?

Between Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, we cannot leave anything to chance but we must leave room for God.

Confess Your … Mitzvot!

One of my teachers died this week. Rabbi David Ebner, z”l, was a spectacular educator, poet, and thinker. Most importantly, he was a giant and ...
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Be Perfect! Be Authentic! Be with God! 

We’re approaching the end. The journey through the desert is coming to a close, and Moshe is giving his final instructions to the Israelites before ...
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The Question of Conditional Covenant

Why would we ever imagine that God would break a promise? Further, what is this guarding? Are we sheep, potatoes, or loose coins that must ...
No Cholent Thursdays: A Breakdown

No Cholent Thursdays: A Breakdown

What does eating cholent on a Thursday, Tisha B'av, Shabbat, and Jewish law have in common? This might surprise you.
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Was Korach So Bad?

There are rebels in the Torah. There were rebels against the cultures and norms of the time. Avraham and Sarah rejected polytheism, Yehoshua and Caleb ...

Parashat Shemini: A Midpoint in the Torah

In Parashat Shemini, we read the words that mark the exact midpoint of the Torah and explore what we can learn from those words.
Why is the Sabbatical Year Taught at Sinai?

Why is the Sabbatical Year Taught at Sinai?

To give and receive the Torah, an individual and a nation must be bound with the care and love of the land and all those ...
A Prayer for Light in Times of Darkness

A Prayer for Light in Times of Darkness

A Prayer for Light in Times of Darkness as we mourn the souls of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram, who were murdered in Washington, D.C.