In this week's Torah portion, we have a fascinating story about Judah.
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: Parashat Vayetzei
In this week's Torah portion we learn about the life of Jacob. The Torah tells us about Jacob that "He was a man of simple sincerity who sat in the tents of learning Torah."
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: Parashat Toldot
In this week's Torah portion we read about the life of Isaac.
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: Chayei Sarah
In this week's Torah portion, we read about Abraham instructing his trusted servant Eliezer to go to Aram Naharayim and find a suitable wife for his son Yitzchok.
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: Vayera
In this week's portion, we read about G-d commanding Abraham to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice and how Abraham is willing to do so.
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: Lech Lecha
This week's Torah portion, Lech Lecha, begins with G-d telling Abraham to leave his father's home and travel to Israel.
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: A Unique New Year
As we stand at the threshold of the New Year 5,776, it is appropriate to discuss the uniqueness of this new year.
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: Selichot
This Saturday night we begin reciting the Selichot prayers in preparation for the High Holidays.
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: Upcoming 18th of Elul
This upcoming Wednesday is the eighteenth day of the month of Elul. On this day we celebrate the birthdays of two great luminaries - the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe.
Read More »A Shabbat Nugget: The Uniqueness of the Month of Elul
Throughout the month of Elul, each morning, we blow the Shofar to remind us to return to G-d and improve our conduct.
Read More »Being Strong in the Face of Adversity
This week we read two Torah portions. The first one is called Matos (literally staff) and the second one Masai (journeys). The commentaries tell us that there is a connection between the Torah portion and the time that it is read.
Read More »The Purpose of Destruction
This past Sunday, we began a three week mourning period over the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem.
Read More »The Best Type of Protection
This week's Torah portion is perhaps the portion of the Torah that shows more than any other the divine love to the Jewish people.
Read More »Beyond Reason
In this week's Torah Portion we learn about how a person who has come into contact with a dead body can be purified to be allowed to enter the Temple.
Read More »Unity Vs. Uniformity
In this week's Torah portion, we read about Korach who was a cousin of Moses, who started a rebellion against Moses.
Read More »Isolation vs. Co-Existance
In this week's Torah portion, we read how the Jews sent one person from each tribe to spy on the land of Israel.
Read More »The Purpose of Our Journeys
This week's Torah portion begins with instructions regarding the Menorah (Candelabra) in the Temple.
Read More »Avoiding Strife
In this week's Torah portion we read about the Temple being erected in the desert. To celebrate this great occasion, the leaders of each tribe bought special gifts and sacrifices to the Temple.
Read More »Shavuos — The Marriage of the Jewish Nation
This Sunday and Monday, we celebrate the holiday of Shavuos when we commemorate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
Read More »The Significance of a Mountain
This week's Torah portion begins with the verse, "G-d spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai."
Read More »Speaking and Radiating
This week's Torah portion begins with the verse; "G-d said to Moses, say to the Kohanim, the sons of Aharon and say to them..". Why does it say "say to.." the same people twice?
Read More »Ridding Ourselves of Hatred
In this week's Torah portion, we learn about the commandment of not harboring hate in our hearts.
Read More »The Gravity of Slandering
In this week's Torah portion, we learn about the Tzoraas Affliction.
Read More »Defining Holiness
In this week's Torah portion, we learn some of the laws of Kashrut.
Read More »Recreating the Sensation of Liberation
How can we truly feel on this evening that we have personally left Egypt, when the reality is that we haven't?
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