In Bava Batra 152a, Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak sat before Rava, and Rava was sitting before his teacher Rav Nachman (bar Yaakov), whereupon Rava asked

The beloved Rav Avrohom Genachovsky, zt’l, Rosh Yeshiva of Kochav mi-Yaakov Tchebin, was a gentle, modest and kind “master of bein adam l’chaveiro.” Agan ha-Sahar”

“And Yaakov worked seven years for Rachel, and they were in his eyes like but a few days (yamim achadim) because of his love for

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I (an Ashkenazi) accidentally said the bracha of Al Mitzvat Tefillin on my tefillin shel

On December 25, 2017, my yeshiva, Heichal HaTorah in Teaneck, hosted a grandfather-grandson morning of Torah learning. It was beautiful and touching to see grandfathers

Everyone has their favorite Chabad story. Here is mine. A friend once approached a Chabad shaliach (emissary) who would stand at the entrance to the

In a remarkable display of moral clarity and courage, Rabbi Yosef Garmon stood before Pope Francis this week and delivered a powerful defense of Israel’s

וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם וַיָּלֶן שָׁם כִּי בָא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם וַיָּשֶׂם מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו וַיִּשְׁכַּב בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא (בראשית כח:יא) “וישכב במקום ההוא—and he (Yaakov) lay down in

Abracadabra! If you pay close attention to these words, you will see that the phrase magicians utter is true. This little phrase that kids think

Leah named her first son Reuven. The Gemara (Berachot 7b) says that by naming him Reuven, Leah [prophetically] imparted the following: See (“re’u”) the difference

We’re informed that Yakov Avinu left his space, and we’re also told that he went to a different place. Why doesn’t it just say that

At Genesis 29:31, we are told that God saw that Leah was שנואה. The issue for this column is, “whether our forefather Yaakov really hated