What's In A Name?
||| Vayeitzei ||| In this week's parashah, Vayeitzei [1], we read about the birth of eleven of Jacob's twelve children. About the first...
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16 nov 20205 Min. de lectura
Calculating One’s Natural Life Span Plus a Surplus
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...
13 nov 20205 Min. de lectura
The Meaning of The Cave "of Machpela"
Chaie Sarah In his search for a place to bury his late wife Sarah, the Torah [1] tells us how Avraham asked the Hittites to sell him "the...
6 nov 20206 Min. de lectura
How To Deal With Your Existential Void
Texts&Contexts Vayera Among the Rebbe’s analysis of Rashi's commentaries on this week's reading, Vayera [1], we will explore a phenomenon...
28 oct 20204 Min. de lectura
Avram + Avham = Avraham
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....
22 oct 20208 Min. de lectura
Understanding the Simple Text is No Simple Task.
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...
22 oct 20203 Min. de lectura
Where Did the Dove get the Olive Leaf From?
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...
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