A society in which technology enables us to deal effortlessly with many of life’s difficulties raises the issue of the value of challenges and struggles.
Wednesday of this coming week is the yahrzeit of my mother-in-law, Rebbetzin Ita Singer, a”h. Many of you who know my father-in-law, Rabbi Singer, his
Yaakov endures a lifetime of confrontation and chaos. He grappled with his father-in-law, warred with the local rapists of Shechem, and, toward the end of
At the beginning of the Parshat Vayishlach (32:23) it states that Yaakov took his two wives, two handmaidens and 11 sons over the Yabok river.
Anyone who studies the life of Yitzchak is puzzled, even shocked, by one of the opening lines of this week’s parsha: (כח) וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת
In this week’s parsha, Vayishlach, Yaakov fought with an angel. From the same angel that he fought with, Yaakov insisted that he’d be given a
It has become growing tradition in recent years, as the masses stream to the town of Tchenger in Hungary for the yohrtzeit of the Menuchas
Great anticipation as senior gedolei Yisrael expected to attend and address lomdei Dirshu. A Dirshu convention is unique. Simply put, nothing can compare to it
Part II (continued from last week) Shehakol vs. Mezonot As a De Facto Bracha The Chayei Adam (49:2) and many others write that b’bieved, a
A lonely and penniless man flees his murderous brother. Yaakov falls asleep on sacred ground and dreams of angels and ladders. Prior to this evening,
Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky bought a present for his son for his birthday. He gave him a simple watch and said, “Although this might not be
In our parsha, Yaakov leaves home, running for his life from his brother Esav. He stops on the way to sleep and dreams of the
