Parashat Miketz 5768
Parashat Miketz 5768 Parashat Miketz – It is Lucky that Yehudah the Maccabee Did Not Ask… Text Message Responsa Stories of Rabbenu – Our Rabbi: Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehudah Ha-Cohain Kook –...
Dec 6, 2007
By Rabbi Shlomo Aviner
Vayeishev: Chanukah
In one of the most dramatic passages in the Mishneh Torah, the Rambam tells the story of Chanukah: how we suffered persecution spiritually and religiously (prohibition of Torah and mitzvot), materially...
Nov 30, 2007
By Asher Meir
Masechet Ketubot 90a-96b
The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...
Nov 30, 2007
By Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
Parashat Vayeishev: Speaking A Language They Understand
Parshiot Vayishlach and Vayeishev 5768 PART ONE: The Language They Understand PART TWO: Trusting in God to Provide PART ONE: The language they understand The two parshiyot of Vayishlach and Vayeishev,...
Nov 29, 2007
By Rabbi Nachman Kahana
Vayeishev: Murky Messianic Beginnings
Back in 5th grade, I remembered we skipped the story. Never has a teacher sparked such interest; the particular episode being one of the great and difficult pieces of the written...
Nov 29, 2007
By Rabbi Asher Brander
Parashat Vayeishev 5768
Parshat Vayeishev 5768 Parshat Vayeishev – Do What Hashem Commands You Text Message Responsa Stories of Rabbeinu – Our Rabbi: Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook – Jerusalem, mountains surround her and...
Nov 28, 2007
By HaRav Shlomo Aviner
Vayishlach: Spices at Havdala
At havdala at the close of Shabbat the custom is to make a blessing on pleasant fragrances. Early authorities mentioned two reasons for this custom: Shabbat, the fires of hell are...
Nov 22, 2007
By Asher Meir
Masechet Ketubot 83a-89b
The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...
Nov 22, 2007
By Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
Vayishlach: Spiritual Heroism
“Paralysis by analysis” is a favorite phrase in our home. It bespeaks an intense contemplation of all one must accomplish to the point that nothing gets done. Should I first clean...
Nov 21, 2007
By Rabbi Asher Brander
Parashat Vayishlach: Two Camps, The Rav and The Rebbe
Parashat Vayishlach 5768 Part One: The Rav and the Rebbe Part Two: Jewish Courage Part One: The Rav and the Rebbe I am writing this on the fourth of Kislev 5768,...
Nov 21, 2007
By Rabbi Nachman Kahana
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