torah

We seem to find our father Jacob always in some sort of flight. He flees from the wrath of his brother Eisav and spends decades… Read More »Time to Face Your Eisav

This week’s portion entails many of the trials and tribulations that Yaakov Avinu endured, both on a national level and on a very personal one.… Read More »Landmark Decision

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1227 – The Aufruf in… Read More »The Torah Forbids Plowing With a Shor and a Chamor Together

Friday Night THE TALMUD RELATES how Eliezer, Avraham’s servant, went to Sdom and what it was like for him (Sanhedrin 109b). Crazy is an understatement.… Read More »War of Mentalities

Law 4: Even though one’s wife is permitted to him constantly, it is appropriate for the Torah scholar to act with holiness and not be… Read More »Chapter 5, Laws 4-5 – Private Matters

And Lavan said to Yaakov, “Behold this pile and behold this monument, which I have cast between me and you. This pile is a witness,… Read More »Everything at Risk

In a few weeks, we will read in the Torah that the brothers of Joseph referred to him almost derisively as being the master of… Read More »The Great Dreamer

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1226 – Why Was Rochel… Read More »Reuven at Three Didn’t Know Choshen Mishpat, but He Knew Right from Wrong

Yaakov’s anger flared up at Rachel. “Am I in place of G-d?”[2] Lest the conversation between Yaakov and Rachel sound like an ordinary episode of… Read More »Not Your Ordinary Domestic Spat

Be careful with authorities, for they do not befriend a person except for their own sake. They appear as friends when they benefit from it,… Read More »Chapter 2, Mishna 3: Judaism Vs. Democracy