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.
The Midrash relates that Adam haRishon was given a panoramic tour of all the future generations. At one point during the tour, Adam noticed that
Waiting for the train to come, Einstein then realized that he couldn’t find his ticket. As he frantically searched around for his ticket, the conductor
The Midrash (Bereishit 1:4) says that the world was created in the merit of three things: 1) challah; 2) tithes; and 3) the bikurim—the first
All the time. OK, maybe not all time. A Jewish king is required to keep a sefer Torah with him—around the clock, and the Gemara
Roni had an important meeting to attend at 9:00 in the morning in Manhattan. He lived about an hour away so he made sure to
We’ve all been there. We’ve all likely had breathtaking experiences, where the sight of our eyes exceeds the figment of our imagination, where our state
Moshe Rabbeinu was not about to give up. Hashem decreed to the fullest extent that Moshe Rabbeinu would not be allowed into Eretz Yisrael, but
Could it be? One can learn the lessons in the Chumash, all the details that stress character improvement as stated in the breadth of our
