Parshat Vayera How fitting a selection is this week’s haftarah! It is fitting, not simply in its stories that relate closely to those in the

Parshat Lech Lecha As I sit to pen this message a short time after Yom Kippur, I feel the “mystique” of that holy day still

“V’chol yetzer machsh’vot libo-rak ra kol hayom,” (Bereishit 6:5). As last week’s parasha of Bereishit closes, Hashem explains why He decided to destroy all of

Parshat Bereishit As we begin the Torah reading cycle once more, we also start a new haftarah cycle; “new,” because, for the last three months

Simchat Torah Chazal’s selection of the first chapter in sefer Yehoshua as the haftara for Simchat Torah is certainly understandable as it flows quite naturally

Yom Kippur “Kol makom she’ata motzeh g’dulato shel HaKadosh Baruch Hu—sham ata motzeh anvatanuto..” In Masechet Megilla (31a) Rabbi Yochanan teaches us: “Wherever you find

Parashat Nitzavim “Sos asis baShem! —I shall exult in God!” No longer do we hear how Hashem urged the prophets to comfort Israel. No longer

Parashat Ki Tavo As we begin to study this week’s haftarah, a selection taken from the 60th perek of sefer Yishayahu, we quickly realize that

Is there a difference between “belief” and “faith” or, as we would say in Hebrew, between “emunah” and “bitachon”? Generally, we use these two terms

Parashat Re’eh Shabbat Rosh Chodesh 8/27/22 “K’ish asher imo t’nachamehnu ken anochi anachemchem-uvirushalayim t’nuchamu.” This Shabbat, we observe the first day of Rosh Chodesh Elul

Parashat Eikev “Hal’ven me’ah shanah yivaled v’im Sarah—havat tish’im shana teiled?” (Breishit 17; 17). When Avraham was 70 years old, Hashem promised him that he

Parshat Va’etchanan Shabbat Nachamu “Nachamu, nachamu ami,” — Are there any better expressions of comfort to leave for a nation in mourning than the one