||| Vayeitzei ||| In this week's parashah, Vayeitzei [1], we read about the birth of eleven of Jacob's twelve children. About the first...

Toledot In this week’s Torah portion we read about the blessings that our patriarch Isaac gave to his son Jacob. Let’s take a look at the...

Texts&Contexts Chaie Sarah Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov In his search for a place to bury his late wife Sarah, the Torah [1] tells us how...

Texts&Contexts Vayera Among the Rebbe’s analysis of Rashi's commentaries on this week's reading, Vayera [1], we will explore a phenomenon...

Lech Lecha Two of the best known Jewish names are Abraham and Sarah, in fact they are the names of the progenitors of the Jewish people....

Intro; Bereshit I decided that, with G-d's help, this year I want to give expression to my destructive instincts. One of the great...

In this week’s Bible reading, Noach [1], we read about the dove that Noach sent to see if the flood waters had subsided and he could get...