February 4, 2025

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Nesanel Yoel Safran

Articles by Nesanel Yoel Safran

Being Humble

The Torah portion this week teaches about the Passover holiday and how we shouldn’t eat anything leavened, like bread or cake, on Passover. Instead, we

Say Little, Do Much

Many times a person’s actions speak louder than their words. Impressive sounding promises and claims are worth very little if they are not backed up

Thinking of Others

When things are going well for us, we shouldn’t close a blind eye to others who aren’t so fortunate. Moses grew up as a prince

Partners

When Jacob was a very old man and knew he was going to die, he called all his sons to come together. Everyone gathered around

Shame on Nobody

We may get mad and want to give whoever made us mad a piece of our mind, but before we let it fly, we should

Using Our Strength

There’s more to Chanukah than spinning tops and eating potato pancakes. The first Chanukah millennia ago — and Chanukah today —represent a great struggle between

Making Others Jealous

Is it ever possible to treat someone too nicely? If the treatment will make others jealous, it just might be. In our portion this week,

Sincere Praise

We all own a tool that costs us nothing to use yet can improve our relationships with others, get people to like us and make

Real Heroes

Jacob sets out on a fateful journey eastward to find a wife and to escape from his wicked brother Esau, who wants to kill him.

Facing a Bully

Nobody likes dealing with bullies, but sometimes there is no choice in the matter. In this week’s Torah portion, Jacob had to contend with the

True Kindness

It is important to be kind, but what if being kind in one way will end up causing us to be dishonest in another? This

Keeping Quiet

Not all news is fit to print and not everything we hear bears repeating, especially when doing so could cause bad feelings between people. In