Genesis
Bereshit
Bereshit: A Lesson About the Yetzer Hara
In the midst of the story of Kain and Abel, the Torah offers us the very first lesson about the yetser hara (negative inclination). After Hashem ignores Kain’s...
God's Faith in Humanity
In stately prose the Torah in its opening chapter describes the unfolding of the universe, the effortless creation of a single creative Force. Repeatedly we read,...
Noach
Noach: What is Integrity?
In this week’s parshat Noach, the Torah describes Noach as an "Ish Tzaddik Tamim" (a righteous and upright man). The commentator Rabbeinu Bechayei explains that...
5 Facts About Parshat Noach that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.
Lech-Lecha
Lech-Lecha: What It Means to Be a Jewish Parent
Avraham Avinu sends his faithful eved, Eliezer to find a suitable wife for his righteous son, Yitzchak Avinu. When Eliezer arrives at his destination he prays to...
5 Facts About Parshat Lech-Lecha that You (Maybe) Didn’t...
Lech Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.
Vayeira
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וַיִּקְרָא֙ גַּם־פַּרְעֹ֔ה לַֽחֲכָמִ֖ים וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִ֑ים וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֨וּ גַם־הֵ֜ם...
Vayeira: Children Are Miracles
There is a mystery at the heart of Jewish existence, engraved into the first syllables of our recorded time.The first words of God to Abraham were: “Go out from...
Chayei Sarah
Chayei Sarah: A Meaningful Life
Our parsha contains the most serene description of old age and dying anywhere in the Torah: “Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man...
Chayei Sarah: Intelligent Loving-kindness
Avraham Avinu sends his faithful eved, Eliezer to find a suitable wife for his righteous son, Yitzchak Avinu. When Eliezer arrives at his destination he prays to...
Toldot
Yitzchak's Love for Eisav
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 were different in character...
5 Facts About Parshat Toldot that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.
Vayeitzei
Vayeitzei: The World's Oldest Hate
“Go and learn what Laban the Aramean sought to do to our father Jacob. Pharaoh made his decree only about the males whereas Laban sought to destroy...
Vayetzei: The Desire for Greatness
“And Hashem remembered Rachel, and Hashem listened to her, and opened her womb. And she became pregnant and she bore a son, and she said Hashem has gathered...
Vayishlach
Vayishlach: The Struggle of Faith
There are Mozarts and there are Beethovens. Which are you?
Vayishlach: Education Through Engagement
The Parsha ends with an account of the genealogy of Esav. In the midst of this, we are told of the birth of Amalek, the progenitor of the nation that would constantly...
Vayeshev
Vayeshev: How to Change the World
In his Laws of Repentance, Moses Maimonides makes one of the most empowering statements in religious literature.
Vayeshev: Yosef's Dreams
The Parsha begins with an account of the deterioration of the relationship between Yosef and his brothers.
Miketz
Miketz: A Blessing in Disguise
Joseph is now the ruler of Egypt. The famine he predicted has come to pass. It extends beyond Egypt to the land of Canaan. Seeking to buy food, Joseph’s brothers...
Miketz: Yosef's Greatness
The Parsha begins with the account of Yosef’s dramatic elevation from servitude in the Egyptian dungeons to the position of Viceroy over all of Mitzrayim.
Vayigash
Vayigash: The First Psychologist
The phrase “Jewish thinker” may mean two very different things. It may mean a thinker who just happens to be Jewish by birth or descent – a Jewish...
Vayigash: Yosef's Proof
“They went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to Yaakov their father. And they told him, saying, ‘Yosef is still alive’ and that he is...
Vayechi
5 Facts About Parshat Vayechi that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
Discover and learn every week, "5 Facts" written on the weekly Parshah that you can share at your Shabbos table.
Vayechi: Forgiveness As a Revolutionary Idea
Joseph forgives. That, as I have argued before, was a turning point in history. For this was the first recorded act of forgiveness in literature.
Genesis
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