Last year, my wife and I were in Eretz Yisrael during the week preceding Parshas Beshalach, helping our daughter and son-in-law with their new baby
A simple understanding of the crossing of the Yam Suf would be that this body of water was in between Egypt and Eretz Yisroel (and/or
With the majestic golden sun setting beyond the horizon and the soul stirring words of “Mizmor L’Dovid” marking the waning moments of Shabbos, I began
In parshat Mishpatim (Shemot 21:18-19), the Torah discusses two people fighting, and one strikes his fellow with a stone or fist, injuring him. He has
The classic documentary The Long Way Home which chronicles the Jewish experience in Europe from the liberation of the camps in 1945 until the founding
If you, yourself, may not perform a melacha, you may not ask a non-Jew to perform it for you. This is true both for biblically
You’ve probably noticed that my titles are often known phrases or plays on words. Part of it is to pique your interest, and part of
The idea of ‘closure’ is a very popular one in the arena of mental health. A quick Google search of the term describes it as
Though Hashem controls the world, we are responsible for doing our part. We do not determine the ultimate result but are responsible for making good
“And Hashem said to Moshe, ‘Behold I shall cause bread to rain for you from the heaven, and the people shall go out and collect
A revolutionary educator and builder of Torah, the famed Alter of Slabodka, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt’l, reoriented the focus of avodas Hashem on gadlus
In their first three years, trees produce fruit that are orlah, which we are forbidden to eat or derive any benefit from them. We exhibit
