January 17, 2025

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Binyamin Benji

Binyamin Benji is a graduate of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, and Wurzweiler School of Social Work. He currently learns in Eretz Yisroel, and is the author of the Sephardic Congregation of Paramus’ weekly Torah Talk. He can be reached at [email protected]

Articles by Binyamin Benji

The Party Shows the Hearty

“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

‘Letz’ Think About It

“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

No Questions Asked

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

Godless Is Goodless

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

What Are You Worrying About?

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

Where Are You Holding?

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

What’s the Good Word?

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

Time to Turn Up!

“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

No One But Me

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.

L’chaim! To (the Good) Life!

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

Where Are We Going To?

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

Thank You, Hashem

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