Question: I was supposed to take over as chazan at Yishtabach, but I absentmindedly said Yishtabach quietly as the previous chazan was finishing Az Yashir.
I read that a well-respected literature professor once referred to Noach as the “Woody Allen” of prophets. Perhaps, the Rodney Dangerfield of prophets would have
In Parshas Noach, we read about the great flood. Hashem had enough of corruption and immorality. The Talmud in Sanhedrin (57a) explains that idolatry and
וְנֹ֕חַ מָ֥צָא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י ה’׃ אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹקים הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹֽחַ׃ וַיּ֥וֹלֶד נֹ֖חַ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים אֶת־שֵׁ֖ם אֶת־חָ֥ם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת׃ (בראשית ו/ח-י)
In the Marvelous Middos Machine 3, “Does Anyone Have the Time,” Dr. Middos is able to contact Shnooky Shapiro — who had accidentally gone back
When Hashem details the steps Noach is to take in preparation for entering the teiva, He tells him, “And you shall enter the ark—you, your
The first few parshiyot of Sefer Bereishit are so action-packed, that there are sections in each parsha that we tend to read through quickly, almost
A page in the Talmud that was studied throughout the world earlier this week seems to refer to people figuratively climbing walls, which is a
Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, zt”l, was undoubtedly the greatest expositor of the secrets of Torah since Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar. Known by
The idea for this prayer is based on a baraita at Shabbat 119b (in the name of the tanna Rabbi Yose bar Yehudah) that states
This week was the 77th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations. The United Nations replaced the ill-fated League of Nations. The League of
In Parshas Noach (9:6), man is again referred to as being made in the Divine Image, בצלם אלקים. Yet the presentation here is different than
