(בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹקים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ: (בראשית א/א Our parsha (and therefore the whole Torah) begins with the pasuk “Bereishis (In the beginning) Elokim

Question: I have instructions to put my contact lenses between uses in a solution in which one is supposed to put in a tablet, which

King Yannai once set out into the wilderness bound for Kochalis, where he conquered 60 cities. Upon his return, he made a huge celebration. He

Kiddushin 30b There are three partners in the creation of man. According to the Talmud, the father contributes to the formation of the child’s bones,

I just acquired a scholarly book on colors in Tanach, so I am ready to discuss some issues on this topic. The book is: “Colour

By the creation of man, Hashem said (to the angels), “Let us make man.” The midrash says that when Moshe Rabbeinu was writing down the

It is an eis tzarah l’Yaakov. The murderous barbaric attacks on acheinu Bnei Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael have cast a pall of mourning upon Jews

What makes a good friend? Is it someone who goes along with whatever we say or do, whether it’s right or wrong? In this week’s

In parshat Vzot Habracha, Moshe passes away, and there seems to be a theme in his legacy that can be gleaned from this parsha. The

Hashem Is Seeming Insensitive to Moshe Rabbeinu! Congregation Shaarei Orah’s Menachem Bestoff and Joel Mizrahi raise a poignant question. They note that Hashem seems exceedingly

וַיַּרְא רֵאשִׁית לוֹ כִּי שָׁם חֶלְקַת מְחֹקֵק סָפוּן וַיֵּתֵא רָאשֵׁי עָם צִדְקַת ה’ עָשָׂה וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל (דברים לג:כא) (Concerning Shevet Gad) “ … He