Abraham
Truth and Beauty – Parashat Lech Lech
Loving-kindness bridges the gap between Abraham’s penchant for truth and Sarah’s beauty At the end of Parashat Noah, we read about Abraham’s birth, but apart
Right and Left – Parashat Vayera
Abraham constantly advanced from intellect to faith until the surprising climax at the Binding of Isaac Parashat Vayera is the second Torah portion that deals
Living Time – Toldot
Join our daily WhatsApp – send a message to +972-507951105 through WhatsApp Toldot: Sunday: Father and Son _“And these are the generations of Isaac the
5774: A Year of Love
Worldly Love and Great Love As stated in our Letter of Blessing for Rosh Hashanah, we should dedicate this year to augmenting love. Since love
Surviving catastrophe
In Parashat Noach, humanity undergoes two great catastrophes. The first is the flood – the holocaust that annihilates all of humanity and all land-life except
Keen Eyesight Isn't Necessarily Good Eyesig...
The Torah lists by name the non-kosher birds. One of them is the ra'ah, literally "the seer." The sages explain: It stands in Babylonia and sees
Kabbalah and the Art of Tying Your Shoelace...
First put on your right shoe, then your left shoe, then bind your left shoe, and finally bind your right shoe. That's the way Jews
Fleeing from God
An angel asked Hagar, Sarai's maid, "where are you coming from and where are you going?" She answered, "I'm fleeing from Sarai my mistress" ("אֵי
The Evolution of Where
There are three forms of the question "where?" in Biblical Hebrew. They first appear in the Torah in evolving order, both grammatically and numerically. The first
Rectifiying Edom and Ishmael
The two great exiles of the Jewish People in our days: Edom (אדום, 51) and Ishmael (ישמעאל, 451) equal 502 = "Cursed be Haman" (ארור