Parshas Vayetzei 5786
In Parshat Vayetzei, Yaakov transitions from being “only” Isaac’s son to become the third and choicest of our three forefathers. At age 63, his holy parents send him to seek a wife to begin to establish the Jewish nation.…
Chayei Sarah 5786
Yitzchak was 40 years old, and it was time for him to get married and continue the legacy that Avraham began. Avraham lived in Canaan, inhabited by the descendants of Noach’s grandson Canaan. Because Noach cursed Canaan, all of the…
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…
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…
Yom Kippur 5786
Tomorrow night is Yom Kippur, and Jews the world over will be standing in Shul begging Hashem to forgive their sins. If one has tentatively received a negative judgment on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, if properly observed, can repeal it.…
Rosh Hashanah II
Rosh Hashanah II תשפ"ו The Mishna in Rosh Hashanah (1:2) teaches us that Rosh Hashanah is the day of Judgment for all mankind: (ב) בְּאַרְבָּעָה פְרָקִים הָעוֹלָם נִדּוֹן ... בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה כָּל בָּאֵי הָעוֹלָם עוֹבְרִין לְפָנָיו כִּבְנֵי מָרוֹן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים…
Rosh Hashanah 5786
Rosh Hashanah תשפ"ו Two weeks from tonight we will celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the day of judgment for every human being. The Mishnah in Tractate Rosh Hashanah teaches us (1:2): (ב) בְּאַרְבָּעָה פְרָקִים הָעוֹלָם נִדּוֹן ... בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה כָּל בָּאֵי הָעוֹלָם…
Shoftim תשפ”ה
“Good fences make good neighbors,” goes the saying.[*] Visible and clearly defined boundaries and limitations make it easy to respect the property of others. People run into trouble only when it is unclear to them where their domain ends…
Reeh תשפ”ה
A student recently asked me, “There are two major types of social systems, democracy andsocialism. What social system does the Torah recommend?”I answered him that the Torah’s social system is neither, as it operates on a different principlealtogether.A democracy is…
Parshat Ekev תשפ”ה
Ekev is the third portion in the fifth and last book of the Torah,דברים Devarim(Deuteronomy), which Moshe related in its entirety to the Jewish people in the last 36days of his life, the last three portions (וילך, האזינו, וזאת הברכה…
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