This week’s parsha is action packed parenting-wise, but I’d like to focus on one specific aspect regarding Yaakov and Eisav. Soon after the twins are
The other day, during lunch in yeshiva, I was taking salad from the serving bowl. Just ahead of me a colleague was putting dressing on
Many see a coarse request here by Esau. Is this really the case? The entire phrase is: “Hal’iteni na min ha-adom ha-adom ha-zeh.” Let us
A gentleman recently shared a few words with me. He asked me what emet means. He then went into a short story about how one
Most people are unaware that the founder of Klein’s Ice Cream, Rabbi Efraim Klein, a”h, was a Holocaust survivor who had lost his whole family
In Parshat Toldot one can learn that Esav is Yitzchak’s favorite child. The Torah says that Yitzchak loved Esav because there was hunting game/food in
“Isaac loved Esav…but Rebecca loved Jacob.” (Genesis 25:28) It’s not difficult to understand why Rebecca loved Jacob. He was a parent’s dream child, studious and
(Courtesy of the Vogel Family) Murray Vogel passed away on Friday evening, October 22, during Shabbat, three days after his 80th birthday. Vogel was born
Recently, I heard news that stunned me into silence: the untimely passing of a fellow chaplain, Rabbi David Keehn, z”l. Only 54 years old at
Ask any demographer where to find robust data on the American Jewish community, and most will point to the Pew Research Center, whose 2013 “A
The first rabbinic association in the Muslim world started in 2019—pre-dating the Abraham Accords by a year. Many people may be surprised to hear that
(Courtesy of Just One Chesed) On October 29, nearly 500 participants joined the Jerusalem Marathon on behalf of Just One Chesed (the largest team in
