The Sisterhood of Congregation Ahavas Yisrael in Edison invites women of the community to a Melave Malka/Trivia Night, to be held on Motzei Shabbat, February
Abarbanel’s Question Abarbanel’s question regarding David Hamelech’s instruction to Shlomo Hamelech to kill Yoav ben Teruyah looms large whenever one encounters Melachim I 2. This
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Meira Chaya Nechama Bracha, aleha hashalom, bat Reb David Mordechai, sheyichyeh. Brachot 9: A
Each of the 52 sections or parshiyot of the Torah are separated from the previous section by an empty space of at least nine letters.
Parshat Vayechi The 12 pesukim from Sefer Melachim I that make up this week’s haftarah contain within them much to ponder and much from which
As Yaakov’s death approaches, he asks Yosef to promise to bury him in Israel where his father and grandfather are buried. Notice the first words
Reading through the various stories of the Tanach, one common theme we encounter is that patience is a virtue. Things do not happen as quickly
Klal Yisrael just celebrated the momentous occasion of the Daf Yomi Siyum HaShas, in which hundreds of thousands of Jews around the world gathered together
At Genesis 49:21, Naftali is given the following blessing: “Naftali ayalah sheluchah, ha-noten imrei shefer.” Here is the translation in the ArtScroll Stone Chumash: “a
The verse (Genesis 47:28) begins, “And Yaakov lived in Egypt for 17 years…” Is there more going on here? I would argue that Yaakov’s first
As Yaakov feels his end is near, he calls for his sons to gather around him so he can reveal to them the end of
I recently listened to an interview of someone discussing Abraham Maslow and his 1943 paper “A Theory of Human Motivation” in Psychological Review. Maslow was
