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Perhaps G-d’s approval of Abraham's emphasis of kavod habriyot can be found in the subsequent verses (Genesis 18:19).
When David returned, he apologized to Moshe and offered to pay for replacement of the fender.
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Hot Air Blower ‘Whoever Eats Bread Without Wiping His Hands…’ (Sotah 4b)
The greatest impact of an individual is generally felt when he acts as part of the larger community.
Question: When a stranger approaches a congregant in shul asking for tzedakah, should the congregant verify that the person’s need is genuine? Furthermore, what constitutes tzedakah? Is a donation to a synagogue, yeshiva, or hospital considered tzedakah? Zvi Kirschner (Via E-Mail)
In this week's parsha, what do we learn about the intense power Abraham had to influence others?
Professors and fellow students have poisoned many young Jewish minds against their faith and Israel.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
HaShem waited while Abraham attended to his visitors before discussing with him the fate of Sodom.
When one is able to serve G-d and feel connected with Him on an emotional level, it is far greater than one who merely has an intellectual and rational connection.
Avraham Avinu is the first Jew and the first human being to take moral responsibility for himself and his surroundings.
The 1st commandment given to proto-Israelite nation, through our patriarch Abraham, is circumcision
It is important to appreciate Terah, the foundation from which the patriarchs and matriarchs emerged
"I stated from the beginning, 'For a friend like you – we're willing to rent.' If he's no longer a friend, the agreement is no longer binding!"
It seems that in an attempt to portray gedolim as great, we have made them non-human – angels just barely wearing human form.
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Reburial In Eretz Yisrael ‘If One Finds Three [Corpses]…This Is A Graveyard’? (Nazir 64b-65a)
Question: When a stranger approaches a congregant in shul asking for tzedakah, should the congregant verify that the person’s need is genuine? Furthermore, what constitutes tzedakah? Is a donation to a synagogue, yeshiva, or hospital considered tzedakah? Zvi Kirschner (Via E-Mail)
Circumcision and the Sabbath/Festivals are both classified as otot (signs) of our relationship with G-d.
By dvora
The woman next to me leaned even further forward, and soon started to interject comments as I spoke to the couple.
If everything depends on the final test, the Sacrifice of Yitzchok, why give Avraham other trials?
Chazal teach that while Ephraim stayed and learned under Yaakov, Menashe helped Yosef run the kingdom.
I believe one of our questions can be answered by noting that Avraham was only commanded not to marry a gentile or a maidservant in Bereishis 17:7 – after he was already married to Hagar for 13 years.
The Jewish people's love for their land is under assault, whether by Arab terror or UNESCO treachery
By Tzvi Fishman
What should one learn from the first words that G-d says to Avraham: Go to the Land of Israel!
Not only is eating melavah malkah a great mitzvah, there are "instant rewards"!
Even in the most drastic of circumstances, a Jew can never be written off completely and one must even be willing to endure total mesirus nefesh for another’s sake.
Noah's children teach different responses to being disappointed by someone dear-or even God Himself
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Matter Of Health ‘He Who Rounds The Corners…’ (Nazir 57b)
Question: When a stranger approaches a congregant in shul asking for tzedakah, should the congregant verify that the person’s need is genuine? Furthermore, what constitutes tzedakah? Is a donation to a synagogue, yeshiva, or hospital considered tzedakah? Zvi Kirschner (Via E-Mail)
The more a person grows, the more clearly he relates to his spiritual side, and the less the Nefesh Ha’Bahami clouds his vision.
"What do you expect?" asked Mr. Strauss. "That I should work for free?"
As a child, I always wanted to know what my father’s chin looked like. But I never got to see it. From the time I was born until the time he passed away 28 years later, the Dayan’s chin was always covered with a beard. The Torah forbids a man to destroy the corners of […]
It was only after permission was granted to eat animals that man was permitted to fully own animals.
By dvora
My parents knew so much but were never too proud to learn something from their children for whom they provided a proper Jewish education.
How do we become people of chesed & rachamim? By taking action and following the dictates of Torah
Unfortunately, the new world that Adam attempted to start through Seth became corrupted.
Examining the frequent failures of humanity in this parsha and how they set the scene for Abraham.
The remarkable gift of unity should be a powerful tool to further mankind and to further God’s will.
Rashi said Noah was lacking in faith. His faith in God wasn't weak, his self-faith was lacking
Can anything be done to preserve Eastern Europe's numerous Jewish communities like Olomouc ?
Though the Yale 5 lost the case and appeal, they ultimately won: Yale became flexible about housing
And Adom said, “The woman that you placed with me, she gave me from the tree and I ate.” — Bereishis 3:12 Adom HaRishon was given one mitzvah: not to eat from the Eitz HaDas. When he transgressed it, Hashem gave him the opportunity to do teshuvah. Not only did Adom not repent, he […]
By Rachel Weiss
Each month of the Jewish year is associated with a letter of the Lashon Hakodesh.
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Delaying A Funeral To Honor A Deceased A Nazir may Defile Himself For A Mes Mitzvah (Nazir 47a)
Aryeh complained to Josh for handing the work over to Manny. Josh insisted, though, that he trusted Manny and that the job was done according to standard and approved by him.
Birds, which were created on the fifth day, can accept tumah when they become food.
Question: When a stranger approaches a congregant in shul asking for tzedakah, should the congregant verify that the person’s need is genuine? Furthermore, what constitutes tzedakah? Is a donation to a synagogue, yeshiva, or hospital considered tzedakah? Zvi Kirschner (Via E-Mail)
Apparently, the perseverance demonstrated in multiple attempts at creating an acceptable world is an example of an important characteristic of Hashem that man must emulate, based on the precept of V’Halachta B’Drachav
Every Jew is required to try to influence the world in a positive way.
In every leadership situation there are basic gauges and indicators that must never be ignored.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Torah is neither a book of history nor science, it is, first and last, a book about how to live.
What a magnificent day, praying as one with Am Yisrael, the devotion that has kept our people alive
Constantly investing energy safeguarding separation, life & world is man's participating in creation
In the end, I reluctantly moved into the widow’s home on my own, and somehow managed to pull through, despite my acute disappointment and frustration.
Truly understanding the hidden meaning in Parshat Bereishit will provide insight to the entire Torah
Creation is everlasting in the sense that all of us add brushstrokes & notes-that is its perfection
What is the world? Bereshit’s answer: The world is “creativity.”
After all, many sinners live in mansions, and in the post-Holocaust era it’s impossible to conclude that those who suffered sinned.
‘God doing exactly as He planned’ does not mean that all occurred without any ambivalence & tension.
"But my rebbe taught me that on the first day of Sukkos you have to own the lulav and esrog," said Levi. "If I borrow yours, how can I fulfill the mitzvah?"
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Curling Pei’os ‘Hair Of A Nazir’ (Nazir 42a)
Question: When a stranger approaches a congregant in shul asking for tzedakah, should the congregant verify that the person’s need is genuine? Furthermore, what constitutes tzedakah? Is a donation to a synagogue, yeshiva, or hospital considered tzedakah? Zvi Kirschner (Via E-Mail)
Tosafos quotes an explanation from R’ Meshulem that the halacha requires that the one who is called up to the Torah for those pesukim must read them himself and cannot have a baal korei read them for him.
‘You shall dwell in booths (sukkos) for seven days because I caused the Jewish People to dwell in booths when I took them from the land of Egypt.’
Judaism stipulates that not only does Hashem reveal Himself to the prophets, but to all creation.
Sitting in your Sukkah remember: No one is so powerful, wealthy, smart or talented to not need God
If you were the most generous, loving person in the world, and you were completely devoted to help me, if my time on this planet is up there is nothing that you can do to change that; any human is powerless to change my destiny.
I stood up, lurching down the hall, and collided into an old man clutching a pole with in IV bag.
Sukkos is the Yom Tov regarding which it is written “You shall be very happy.”
Are we, through our prayers, able to convince God to change the course of history?
By David Herman
A musical offering from the Jerusalem troubadour, David Herman. Chag Sameach!
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Sukkot's the only festival sharing the pilgrimage cycle & part of Tishrei sequence-hence, double JOY
Sukkot is a universal holiday, inviting all peoples of the world to come on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Why is Sukkot deemed the ultimate holiday of happiness and joy?
The Sukkah is the place from which we venture into the world, applying Torah to all aspects of life.
For the most part, we don’t usually experience a great revelation from performing a mitzvah.
When he came to the hospital he saw his fiancée still in her wheelchair, but expected her to surprise him by jumping up and embracing him.
The lulav also symbolizes the scepter of victory with which we emerge after vanquishing the Yom Kippur prosecutor.
"If there were only two possibilities, I understand following the higher amount," said Mr. Meyer. "However, here the pledge could have been any amount from $100 to $360!"
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Normal Consumption ‘Leave Aside Babylonian Kutach’ (Nazir 36b)
Question: When a stranger approaches a congregant in shul asking for tzedakah, should the congregant verify that the person’s need is genuine? Furthermore, what constitutes tzedakah? Is a donation to a synagogue, yeshiva, or hospital considered tzedakah? Zvi Kirschner (Via E-Mail)
The common theme between these two situations is that they are defined as acts of Kabbalat Ol Malchut Shamayim, accepting the yoke of Heaven.
Immediately people went up to him to help him, to find out what the problem was and to solve it as soon as possible.
“More than what the rich man does for the poor man is what the poor man does for the rich man” (Midrash Rabbah, Rus 5:9).
Haazinu encourages Jews in times of national emergency & documents our eternal connection to God
Nothing said pertaining to Torah is in vain, even if it seems not to have struck an immediate chord.
Rabbi Fohrman delves into psalm 90 connecting it to stories from Torah & the building of the Mishkan
Caring for each other & improving the world, according to Judaism, is life's purpose
Yom Kippur commemorates God's covenant with the Jewish people & forgiveness for the Golden Calf sin
This year make your Judaism more than superficial-Don't accept merely "feeling" Jewish is sufficient
By dvora
The fast ended, but no soldier rushed to eat; they sat contemplating the intensity of their prayers.
Said the Ba’al Shem Tov “God is also crying. For as much as He looks for us, we rarely look for Him”
Consider this: Why should Hashem accept our teshuva when we often repeat the same aveiros year after year?
Rambam says that when the sinner approaches Hashem he expresses Chatati Aviti Pashati; I think I am Mayzid but perhaps I acted B’Shogeg.
October 16, 2026 
