January 2021

This week’s portion introduces us to Moshe Rabeinu, the messenger of Hashem who redeems the Jewish nation from Egypt. We are told of Hashem’s proposal… Read More »Pushing the Envelope

QUESTION 71: TAKING TIME FOR PERSONAL MATTERS AT WORK If a person expects to be involved in something that might take up lots of time… Read More »Taking Time For Personal Matters At Work

The Western world, the culture we live in, has considerable difficulty with the concept of sexual intimacy. One indication is the culture’s obsession with the… Read More »Intimacy: The Jewish Approach, Part I

Non-Jews have reported that during their prayer services absolute silence reigns. A Jew, on the other hand, tends to feel at home in shul, and… Read More »Noisy Shuls

Yanky was a regular yeshiva student. He got along well with his friends and was very good in class. One could say that he was… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Forty-Three

“And [Rivka] finished giving [Eliezer] to drink, and she said, ‘I will draw water for your camels as well, until they will have finished drinking.’”… Read More »Beyond Our Control

Given (lit., ‘being that it is known”) that the reward for good deeds and the good we will merit if we observe G-d’s ways as… Read More »Chapter 9, Law 1(a) – The Story of Planet Earth, Part I

There is a well known concept that when one makes a sincere sacrifice for the benefit of another, that sacrifice will never go unrewarded. Rav… Read More »Wait For Me!

“…foremost in rank and foremost in power. Water-like impetuosity – you cannot be foremost, because you mounted your father’s bed…”(49:3,4) Yaakov rebukes Reuvein for acting… Read More »A King-Size Mistake

There is an interesting Midrashic interpretation of two words in this week’s portion that seem to contrast starkly with their simple meaning. In fact, on… Read More »Words Like Arrows