2023-12-01

“And Jacob was very frightened and distressed” (Breisheet 32:8). After some 22 years Yaakov Avinu is returning home. Afraid that Eisav – who years…

2022-12-09

“The messengers returned to Yaakov with the report: We came to your brother Eisav and he is also heading towards you. He has 400 men with him” (…

2021-11-19

"Yaakov was very frightened and distressed" (Breisheet 32:8). Hearing that his brother was approaching with an army of 400 men, Yaakov was…

2020-12-04

One of the fascinating (and, at times, frustrating) aspects of the Torah is how much information it does not tell us. We know nothing of Abraham…

2019-12-13

How common it is for people to return from a funeral and realize how little they knew about the deceased. All too often, it is only after a person…

2018-11-23

“Therefore, the Jewish people will not eat the gid hanasheh, sciatic nerve, that is on the hip joint, to this day” (Breisheet…

2012-11-30

Avraham Avinu is known as "ha'Ivri" as the world was on one side, and he was alone on the other. It is not easy challenging the ideas of society…

2010-11-20

It is for good reason that co-wives are described as tzarot, literally, problems. Competing as they inevitably must for the same man, their…

2005-12-16

Names play a significant role in Jewish thought. A cursory glance at the names given to the twelve tribes signifies the importance of each name.…