Parshat Vayera The haftarah selection for this week’s parsha is based upon the stories of Elisha and two righteous women whose sufferings (poverty/barrenness) were relieved

The famed kabbalist Rav Yitzchak Luria, the Arizal, taught that before praying one should formally accept upon him or herself the mitzvah of loving one’s

Avraham Avinu received two promises from God—of land, and of children who are to become a great nation. After promises and prayers, Avraham and Sarah,

We know that סדם was on the Jordan Plain (ככר הירדן), so the first step in trying to identify where סדם was is identifying the

I. Danger in Yeshiva? It is now common for many American yeshiva students to spend a “gap year” in Israel after high school. This year

A gaon in Torah and a renowned educator, Reb Mendel Kaplan, zt’l, was a beloved rebbi and mentor at the Hebrew Theological College of Chicago

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I was not sure if during Birkat Hamazon (BHMZ) after seuda shlishit, I said R’tzei

יֻקַּח־נָא מְעַט־מַיִם וְרַחֲצוּ רַגְלֵיכֶם וְהִשָּׁעֲנוּ תַּחַת הָעֵץ׃ (בראשית יח/ד) Let a little water be brought; wash your feet and lean under the tree. (Breishis 18/4)

One of the more unusual stories, typically not studied in detail in last week’s parsha of Lech Lecha, is that of the battle of the

Most everyone is familiar with the standard prohibition of yichud. These are the laws forbidding seclusion with a member of the opposite gender. This is

Two bachurim were studying the opening mishnah of Bava Kamma together in a Chofetz Chaim beit midrash. Yossi read “אַרְבָּעָה אֲבוֹת”, then stopped. “Wait. How

While it might seem that for Avraham the nisayon (test) of Akeidat Yitzchak was solely the challenge of slaughtering his most beloved, dear and long