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Avraham Avinu did not only perform kindness, he defined it, and he eternalized it. This week, the Torah tells us how three angels disguised as… Read More »On Whose Account?

“And Lavan gathered all of the residents of his area and made a wedding banquet.” (Bereshith 29:22) Lavan earned the name Lavan “HaArami” (the deceiver)… Read More »The Father of Deceivers

“They bow down to vanity and emptiness and pray to a god who does not save them …” (from Aleinu, based on Yeshaya 45,20). The… Read More »Vanity and Emptiness

Question 88: Bringing Food into Arenas and Theaters Some public places, such as arenas and theaters, have policies that prohibit patrons from bringing in their… Read More »Bringing Food into Arenas and Theaters

The following class is the second in a three part series examining the relationship between inner spiritual beauty, our physical bodies, and the physical world… Read More »Body & Beauty In Our Physical World: A Jewish Perspective Part II

Friday Night IN LAST WEEK’S parsha, Sarah told Avraham to have a child through her help maid, Hagar. She had hoped that by Hagar having… Read More »Historical Bookends

Our reading this week begins, “And G-d said to Avram, go for yourself, from your land, and from your birthplace, and from the house of… Read More »The Benefits of Being Separate

Just as a wise man is distinct in his wisdom and his character traits, and he stands apart from others regarding them, so too he… Read More »Chapter 5, Law 1(a) – The Way of the Wise

BS”D Volume 36, No. 3 10 Marcheshvan 5782 October 16, 2021 Sponsored by Harold and Gilla Saltzman, on the yahrzeit of his mother Rebecca Saltzman… Read More »The Patriarchs’ Trust

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1222 – Milah for The… Read More »Avraham Is Challenged To Wipe His Hard Drive Clean