torah

BS”D Volume 36, No. 4 17 Marcheshvan 5782 October 23, 2021 Sponsored by the Dimont family in memory of grandmother and great-grandmother Chaya Sarah Tarshish… Read More »Believe in Your Own Prayer!

This week we read the parsha of Va’yaira. “Va’yaira ai’lav Hashem. {And Hashem appeared to him (Avrohom).” [18:1] The Talmud [Sotah 14A] teaches that Hashem… Read More »From Dust to Gold

“And he saw them and he ran toward them…”(18:2) Parshas Vayeira showcases Avraham’s attribute of chesed. The Torah gives a detailed account of the manner… Read More »Minimizing The “I”

What thoughts passed through Abraham’s mind as he walked towards the mountaintop with his son Isaac? Childless until the age of one hundred, Abraham and… Read More »They Went Together

“And Avraham raised his eyes and saw – behold, a ram – afterwards, caught in the thicket by its horns; so Avraham went and took… Read More »The Passion

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