Leah named her first son Reuven. The Gemara (Berachot 7b) says that by naming him Reuven, Leah [prophetically] imparted the following: See (“re’u”) the difference

We’re informed that Yakov Avinu left his space, and we’re also told that he went to a different place. Why doesn’t it just say that

At Genesis 29:31, we are told that God saw that Leah was שנואה. The issue for this column is, “whether our forefather Yaakov really hated

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you just didn’t know what to say? You don’t want to say the wrong thing, yet

I. Thank You Hashem We recognize and thank God for the blessings we receive in this world, sometimes in formal ways with a blessing and

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