October 2026

And Sarai was barren; she had no child. (Breishis 11:30) I graduated from college more than 46 years ago, and I was working on my… Read More »Approximate Their Accomplishments

G-d said to Noach, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with robbery.”[2] The immediately preceding pasuk mentioned… Read More »Sacrificing Human Dignity[1]

בס”ד Volume 41, No. 2 6 Cheshvan 5787 October 17, 2026 Sponsored by the Katz family on the yahrzeit of son and brother Daniel Aryeh… Read More »Seize the Moment!

Yosef’s brothers began to realize [the implications] of their father’s death. “What if Yosef is still holding a grudge against us?” they said. “He is… Read More »For The Sake Of Peace III

Almost all of the morning blessings are in the positive, except for three: “who did not create me as a member the other nations of… Read More »Not To Be

THE ENTIRE EARTH spoke one language and had uniform words. Who doesn’t take speech for granted, except for the person who can’t use it? It… Read More »In A Manner of Speaking

Rabbi Yaakov Galinsky zt”l adds explanatory notes to the verse: “No shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no herb of the… Read More »Waiting for Rain

BREISHIS – In the beginning… HASHEM created the heavens and the earth. (Breishis 1:1) The Torah is not only a teaching book that is teaching… Read More »This is the Goal of the Lesson

בס”ד Volume 41, No. 1 29 Tishrei 5787 October 10, 2026 Sponsored by the Parness family in memory of Anna Parness a”h The Gemara (Shabbat… Read More »How Do We Know?

This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on Parshas Bereishis: #1484 – The Bracha of Borei… Read More »When the Argument Outlives the Cause