October 2024

This week we read the parsha of Noach. Noach’s generation was steeped in many egregious sins, with the lack of respect for others, manifested by… Read More »The Gift of Meat

The parsha chronicles the continuation of the downward spiral of man’s behavior as it evolved from the beginning of creation. We read of Kayin and… Read More »Dissections and Connections

And HASHEM saw that the evil of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of his heart was only evil all the time.… Read More »The Whole World Was Created

RASHI LAST WEEK brought a disagreement about the basis of Noach’s name: He named him Noach, saying, “This one will give us rest from our… Read More »Comforting

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1309 – Dilemma of Day… Read More »Definition of Tzadik Tamim

At the end of some time, Kayin brought an offering to Hashem of the fruit of the ground.[1] Chazal tell us that Kayin poorly managed… Read More »Why Not Mangos?

As we begin this Shabbos to start reading the Torah afresh, let us take note of the cycle we have just completed. We have come… Read More »Concentric Circles: Contrasting Worlds

What began as a good-will gesture turned terribly sour. Worse, it spurred the first murder in history. It could have been avoided if only… The… Read More »Spreading the Fate

BY NOW, IF you have been reading what I have written over the years, you know that the Creation story that we begin with is… Read More »In the Beginning…

BS”D Volume 39, No. 1 24 Tishrei 5785 October 26, 2024 Sponsored by the Parness family in memory of Anna Parness a”h Our Parashah opens:… Read More »Then and Now