We are going to solve a mystery older than the Jewish People. It is a mystery that had its genesis at the time of Genesis.

Our overview of Bereishis and Shemos, focusing in on transformative moments in human history, touched on: Creation, the challenges that led to the Flood and

One of the most powerful addresses I ever heard was given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, zt”l, on this week’s parsha: the

Rephael Tzvi Benguigui Tracy and Moshe Benguigui named their new son “Rephael Tzvi” in part after “Rav Rephael Ankawa,” a great Moroccan rabbi. Not only

Twelve leaders were dispatched on an excursion to collect intel about the land of Israel. Tragically, they turned against Hashem and against Jewish history. They

I recently found a small shoe box in one of my closets. Inside was my first pair of shoes! They were cute little white high-top

Creation The Torah begins with Hashem’s creation of the world. It tells about each step of creation, but nothing about the thought process behind them.

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I know that it is forbidden to eat fleishig food when others are eating milchig

“These are the names of the men who Moshe sent to spy out the Land, and Moshe called Hoshea bin Nun, ‘Yehoshua’” (Bamidbar 13:16). This

Parshat Shelach Over the years of studying this week’s haftarah, a selection taken from the second perek of Yehoshua, we have often compared the mission

וַיָּשֻׁבוּ מִתּוּר הָאָרֶץ מִקֵּץ אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם: וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל משֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל כָּל עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל מִדְבַּר פָּארָן קָדֵשָׁה וַיָּשִׁיבוּ אֹתָם דָּבָר וְאֶת

There was a boy who was turning Bar Mitzvah and the Lubavitcher Rebbe wanted to give him some valuable advice. The Rebbe asked the boy,