Lech Lecha reminds me of when my father’s first cousin, Rav Avrohom Genechovsky, z’l, “walked” my first cousin and I to see Reb Chaim Kanievsky,

(Courtesy of Asicha) Many Orthodox Jewish women benefit from one or two years of growth and learning in seminaries in Israel but find themselves yearning

I. Lashon Hara With Legs The idea that derogatory speech can go viral—a post, video or message can be forwarded thousands of times—should more than

Humanity is constantly searching for a better tomorrow. Dissatisfied with our current reality, we endlessly dream of a better world without hardships and sadness. This

For many days and nights Noach was on a ship infested with all kinds of animals, having to sacrifice his already minimal comfort to attend

At the end of Parshat Noach, following the story of the flood, Noach left the ark and planted a vineyard, with disastrous results: “And he

Over the years, many individuals claimed to have found the remains of Noach’s teiva (ark). Many believe the teiva is buried under layers of volcanic

The creation of our world is described in the Torah as a flurry of activity. Rapidly, across a short span of six days, the universe

In the final verses of the Torah, Moshe dies under unusual circumstances. We read that God buried Moshe in an unknown location, “and no one

I had a babysitter when I was a young boy who used to tell me fascinating stories about a thousand-year-old man. Every time he went

After Elul and the High Holidays, Parshat Bereishit comes along with its renewal: A new cycle of Torah reading, A new world emerges out of

The pasuk (2:15) says, “Hashem took Adam, and placed him in Gan Eden in order that he work it and guard it.” This pasuk seems