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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

And Hashem said to Avram, “Go (to) (for) yourself, from your land, from your birth place, from your father’s house, to the land that I… Read More »One Step Better

He built there an altar to Hashem, and called in the name of Hashem.[2] Whom was Avraham calling? Ramban teaches that he used his altar… Read More »Avraham the Rock

Yehoshua led the Jewish people in their miraculous conquest of Eretz Yisrael. One of the most sublime moments of victory was when the walls of… Read More »Yehoshua and Achan

QUESTION 87 I often have to travel for business, and I put the hotel travel expenses on my credit card. My credit card gives me… Read More »Reimbursement for 99% of Travel Expenses

Lavan said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I give her to another man.” (Bereshith 29:19) From the outset Lavan… Read More »Double Talk