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“At first the Almighty created the heavens and the earth.” (Bereshith 1:1) As a result of the letters I received regarding the last class, and… Read More »The Claims Upon Israel

This week’s reading provides what seems, in an initial, superficial view, to be a romantic account. When Yaakov (Jacob) sees Rachel, he gains superhuman strength,… Read More »Not Enough Time

What is true teshuva (repentance)? It is when the sinner is presented with the same matter in which he sinned, he is able to sin… Read More »Chapter 2, Law 1 – Deja Vu

BS”D Volume 37, No. 7 9 Kislev 5783 December 3, 2022 Sponsored by Irving & Arline Katz and family on the Sheloshim of their son… Read More »Worth the Wait

And Yaakov left Beer-Sheva, and he went to Charan. (Brieshis 28:10) And Yaakov left: Scripture had only to write: “And Yaakov went to Charan.” Why… Read More »That Fallen Tree

Yaakov left Beersheva, and went towards Charan. He encountered the place, and spent the night there, because the sun had set.[1] We are well aware… Read More »Pulling the Plug – Gently

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1139 – Can The Younger… Read More »In the Merit of Yaakov’s Walking Stick

Rabbi Elazar of Modin said, one who desecrates sacred objects, one who disgraces the festivals, one who shames his fellow in public, one who annuls… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 15(a): Masking Holiness – Part I

Our father Jacob was a very strong and powerfully physical person. We read of his physical prowess in his previous encounter with the shepherds of… Read More »Out in the Public

This week we read the parsha of Va’yaitzay–“And Yaakov left from Be’er Sheva and went to Charan. [28:10]” In search of a wife, Yaakov headed… Read More »A Time to Be Silent