October 2020

Noach lived through trying times to say the least. He survived not only a generation of spiritual chaos, but physical annihilation as well. However, Hashem… Read More »The Rainmaker

The concluding portion of this week’s Torah reading deals with the society that built the great Tower of Babel, and the beginning of the lifetime,… Read More »This Language Has Only a Few Words

Noach, the man of the earth, vayechel/began by planting a vineyard[2] We are inclined to see this narrative as damning to Noach’s reputation. Rashi, though,… Read More »Noach’s Humility

Hashem allows us certain moments when we can see clearly His great love for Klal Yisrael. These auspicious times come without any particular warning, and… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Six

One of the most famous disputes cited in the Talmud is between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua and relates to the halachic status of the… Read More »Uninterrupted Prayer

The dove returned to him at eventide, and behold it had plucked an olive leaf in its mouth; so Noah knew that the water had… Read More »Chayn and Redemption

Based on material from: Our Bodies, Our Souls, by Tsiporah Heller (Targum/Feldheim, publisher) Our final installment of “Glimpses of Jewish Femininity” explores the important connection… Read More »Glimpses of Jewish Femininity Part III

QUESTION 66:  The Talmud (Kedushin 26a) says that when Rav Idi bar Avin bought land, he reserved the right to ‘close the sale’ either with… Read More »Driving Hard Bargains

“[Yosef] sent his brothers away. As they were leaving he told them, ‘Don’t argue on the road.’” (Bereshith 45:24) Yosef was not worried that they… Read More »Torah Battles

BREISHIS… In the beginning of G-d creating the heavens and the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and… Read More »Really SOMETHING