Parshas Vayera

The Torah tells us (Genesis 18:20) that the people of Sedom and Gomorrah were very evil. (כ) וַיֹּאמֶר יְדֹוָד זַעֲקַת סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה כִּי רָבָּה וְחַטָּאתָם כִּי כָבְדָה מְאֹד (כא) אֵרְדָה נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה הַכְּצַעֲקָתָהּ הַבָּאָה אֵלַי עָשׂוּ כָּלָה וְאִם לֹא אֵדָעָה 20) So Hashem said, “Because the outcry of Sedom and Gomorrah has become great,

Can you count? Do you count? Parshas Lech Lecha 5786

Let’s start with a number: 38,055,354,510,682, also known as, thirty eight trillion, fifty five billion, and change. I’m sure many of you recognize this number as the total US National Debt. But I’m sure none of you know what that number really means; I certainly don’t. So here are a few ways to think about

The Golden Rule: The Pathway to a Golden Life

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Parshat Lech Lecha

Lech Lecha תשפ”ו This week’s portion introduces us to Avraham Avinu, Avraham our forefather, whose dedication to Hashem was so great that he made it his life’s mission to teach the world about Him. Hashem, in turn, loved Avraham so much that He found Avraham worthy of a ברית (brit – a covenant) with

Parshas Noach 5786

Although this coming Shabbat we will read parshat Noach, we will focus here on an earth-changing event that occurred in last week’s parsha, Bereshit, viz, the cold-blooded murder of Hevel by his brother Kayin. The Midrash Rabba (Esther 10) records Kayin as the “head of the murderers,” and Hevel as the first victim. קין ראש

I have a great partner for you! Parshas Bereishit 5786

The historical information in this essay is mostly culled from Bill Bryson’s book on human anatomy and physiology, The Body. For most of human history, scratching your arm on a rusty nail could be a death sentence. The scratch wasn’t the danger, the rusty nail wasn’t the danger, it was the microscopic bacteria Clostridium tetani, that would hop