We are now in the Hebrew month of Kislev, with the light-filled holiday of Chanukah soon approaching. Did you learn about Kislev and Chanukah in
Even before they were born, Jacob and Esau struggled in the womb. They were destined, it seems, to be eternal adversaries. Not only were they
There is something to be said for revolutionaries. For founders. For the people that have the foresight and the daring to chart a course untrodden.
Brachot 48a tells the following charming story (translation from the William Davidson edition of the Talmud): “The Gemara relates that Abaye and Rava—when they were
It has been a harrowing week for my family and me. Our beloved son, Noam, sustained serious injuries while serving in Lebanon, courageously defending our
Rabbi Eli Mansour once spoke as a guest lecturer in a shul, where an older woman approached him for a bracha. She had numbers tattooed
During his address to the United States Congress this summer, Prime Minister Netanyahu recognized a number of heroes present in the hall—among them, Lieutenant Avichail
Erev Rosh Chodesh Kislev Parshat Toldot “Vayomer lo Yehonatan ‘Machar Chodesh’ … ” The opening words of this week’s haftarah—now a commonly used phrase for
וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אִם כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ לִדְרשׁ אֶת יְדֹוָד:וַיֹּאמֶר יְדֹוָד לָהּ שְׁנֵי גֹייִם {גוֹיִם} בְּבִטְנֵךְ וּשְׁנֵי לְאֻמִּים מִמֵּעַיִךְ יִפָּרֵדוּ וּלְאֹם
In Bava Batra 145a, Rav Yosef bar Minyumi quotes Rav Nachman (bar Yaakov). Minyumi is the same as Binyamin. /b/ and /m/ are from the
We’re told that Yaakov and Eisav were different when they grew, But weren’t their differences something that, from birth, everyone knew? Chazal answer that only
We have seen that mitzvah observance is a great privilege. In addition to expressing our commitment to and strengthening our relationship with our Creator, mitzvot
