November 2020

“[The brothers] broke the news to [Yaakov]: “Yosef is still alive, and he rules over all the land of Egypt.” But [Yaakov’s] heart became numb,… Read More »The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!” II

Adapted from a lecture by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller Our previous class explored the connection between internal power in women, and the creation of Eve from… Read More »Understanding our Purpose, Understanding our Role Part III

It could start with a bad cold, or even the flu. You feel sick, shivering and aching. You go to the doctor; he may give… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Nine

[Scripture] refers to the World to Come using many different allegorical names: ‘the mountain of G-d,’ ‘His holy place,’ ‘the way of holiness,’ ‘the courtyards… Read More »Chapter 8, Law 4 – The Mystery of the World to Come

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1180 – Shadchan Shailos. Good… Read More »Patriarchal Events Foreshadow History for Their Descendants

And these are the days of the years of Avraham’s life that he lived: one hundred years and seventy years and five years. (Breishis 25:… Read More »The Life He Lived

Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 6: Ways 34-36(b): The Human Challenge – Part II

Upon hearing of his wife Sarah’s death, Abraham returned to his home in Hebron to eulogize his wife, mourn her passing, and arrange for her… Read More »Keep the Silver!

Finding a life partner is always a difficult thing, but imagine how much more difficult it must have been for Abraham to find a wife… Read More »A Match Made in Heaven

The life of Soro was a hundred years and twenty years and seven years.[2] R. Akiva’s clever way of jarring his dozing students gave us… Read More »The Reluctant Monarch