Parshat Beshalach: Complaining During The Miracle One of the most incredible texts I have ever encountered explores a verse from this parashah, describing the Splitting

The story of the Jews in Egypt is a story that we can relate to today. It is a story of antisemitism and of people

The verb פרנס (to distribute, supply) has four root letters. This makes us think it did not originate in Hebrew as Hebrew roots normally have

In last week’s Parsha, we read about the Plague of Darkness. Rashi explains: “Why did God bring darkness upon the Egyptians? Because there were wicked

Judaism is filled with people with very diverse thoughts on “religiousness.” Some people are strict, others are more lenient, and there’s a lot in between.

Imagine if Hashem hired an advertising agency to promote His values. The mission He assigned was not to promote Judaism or any particular Jewish obligations.

Greedy grabbing isn’t great. In this week’s Torah portion (Ex. 16:18) the people who were greedy and grabbed more of the special manna-food in the

Egypt was battered by an unrelenting fusillade of brutal plagues that shattered its economy and tormented its populace. By the time the plague of locusts

A Bold Prediction In January 1990, I served as a scholar-in-residence at a shabbaton at the Young Israel of West Hempstead, held by the organization

There are things we do that are bonding experiences. For my wife and me, that means using our precious time off to do things together.

Reb Shlomo Freifeld, zt”l, the beloved rosh yeshiva and founder of yeshiva “Shor Yashuv,” was a unique talmid chacham, legendary educator and larger-than-life Torah personality