Nedarim 19b 23b. The world was created with 10 utterances. The power of speech distinguishes man from animal. Words have a power of their own
After 22 years and many twists and turns, Joseph and his brothers finally meet. We sense the drama of the moment. The last time they
Editor’s note: This series is reprinted with permission from “Insights & Attitudes: Torah Essays on Fundamental Halachic and Hashkafic Issues,” a publication of TorahWeb.org. The
A Dropped Slurpee During the pandemic, a favorite Jachter family activity was to order Slurpees delivered from a local store (see https://oukosher.org/kosher-slurpee-list/ for more information
My shul has a guard station near the entrance. The non-Jewish guard has instructions that, on Shabbat, he should get up to open the door
Yosef, the main character in these parshiyot, is described by Chazal as “Yosef Hatzaddik.” The obvious question that arises is why? Yosef had many great
וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים וּפַרְעֹה חֹלֵם וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל־הַיְאֹר׃ (בראשית מא:א) “And it was at the end of two years, and Pharaoh dreamed and he
An environment in which people speak negatively of one another becomes rife with tension, distrust and toxicity. Indeed, the original exile of the Jewish people
Did Rav Yosef blind himself in a fit of piety? The story goes that he sat in a dark house for 40 days and, when
Until Yosef was taken from him, we don’t find Yaakov thinking negatively of any of the challenges he had endured thus far — and he
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