“If your brother becomes impoverished and his hand falters beside you, you shall support him…” (25:35). The midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 34:1) quotes the pasuk in
Toward the end of this week’s parsha we read about the incident with the “mekalel,” the person who blasphemed Hashem and whose punishment was his
Can one really love another Jew to the same extent as one loves oneself? While at first glance the famous words of “v’ahavta l’rei’acha kamocha”
“Molech” might arguably rank as the most egregious and detestable method of avoda zara. To have one’s very own child burnt alive as an offering…anyone
“These are the offsprings of Yitzchak the son of Avraham; Avraham bore Yitzchak.” If Yitzchak is the son of Avraham, it seems redundant to then
Ephron pulls the chair on Avraham, positing an exorbitant amount of cash for the plot of land Avraham wants to bury Sarah in. Avraham had
It already happened once, but yet again we read in this week’s parsha that Sarah is abducted by another king. In another ultimatum between giving
It’s war time! Avraham Avinu heads out to war to try to recapture and regain his nephew, Lot, who was taken captive under the jurisdiction
For many days and nights Noach was on a ship infested with all kinds of animals, having to sacrifice his already minimal comfort to attend
The pasuk (2:15) says, “Hashem took Adam, and placed him in Gan Eden in order that he work it and guard it.” This pasuk seems
“Z’man simchateinu” has come! It’s time to be happy, and it’s time to party. Indeed, the Torah tells us that on Sukkot we are to
Entrenched in a life abandoned from God, the Gemara (Avoda Zara 17a) tells us of a to-be-great person by the name of Elazar ben Burdaya.
