December 2020

The servant [Eliezer] asked, “What if the woman does not want to return with me to this Land? Shall I bring your son back to… Read More »To Yourself Be True

Our Sages describe the enormous shul in Alexandria, Egypt. It was so big that the congregants seated at the back of the shul could not… Read More »Microphones

In Parshas Vayishlach the story of the abduction of Dina takes place. This episode begins by telling us of how Dina had ‘gone outside’, thus… Read More »Purity of Thought in a Deed

I have become unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. For I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but… Read More »What Yaakov Feared

“So shall you say to my master to Eisav, ‘Thus said your servant Ya’akov, “I have sojourned with Lavan, and I have tarried until now.… Read More »Loving Help

BS”D Volume 35, No. 8 19 Kislev 5781 December 5, 2020 At the beginning of this week’s Parashah, Yaakov prepares to meet Esav for the… Read More »It’s Okay to be Afraid

One of the more perplexing questions that is raised in this week’s Torah reading is why Yaakov sends agents and messengers to Eisav to inform… Read More »Making Peace with the Past