The Long-Short Wait
Yaakov faces many challenges in our parsha. Perhaps the most pernicious is that Lavan interferes with the most precious and…
Read MoreYaakov faces many challenges in our parsha. Perhaps the most pernicious is that Lavan interferes with the most precious and…
Read MoreYitzhak tends to repeat the behaviors of his father Avraham. Therefore, when there is a famine in the land it…
Read MoreOur parsha seems repetitive. Torah describes the events of Eliezer’s trip to Aram Naharaim in great detail. Then, when Eliezer…
Read MoreIn the middle of our parsha, Avraham and Sarah are blessed with their long-awaited son, Yitzhak. The Midrash teaches us…
Read MoreOur parsha opens rather abruptly with God’s command to Avraham to travel to the promised land. We are not told…
Read MoreLana is the name of the latest “Palestinian” village, built in the same style as Rawabi, the still under occupied…
Read MoreYerushalayim has a special status during the Days of Awe. Regarding Rosh HaShanah, the Mishna teaches us that when Rosh…
Read MoreIt was a well known Yemenite custom for many shofars to be blown in unison during the selichot period in…
Read MoreWe generally think of teshuva as the reaction to and rectification of a sin. A person makes a mistake, rebels…
Read MoreWhen Ateret Cohanim facilitated acquisition of two large buildings on the top of the Shiloach (Silwan) just before Ramadan, it…
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