As many of you know, each week I send out a commentary essay on the week's parsha (Torah reading). I have called these essays Covenant & Conversation because this for me is the essence of what Torah learning is - throughout the ages and for us now. The text of Torah is our covenant with God; the interpretation of this text has been the subject of an ongoing conversation that began at Sinai and has never ceased. We need to learn more Torah with our children because that is how we can truly secure