Torah is greater than priesthood and kingship, for kingship is acquired with 30 qualities, priesthood is acquired with 24, whereas the Torah is acquired with… Read More »Chapter 6, Mishna 6: Way 38: “Inclining Others”
This Week’s RRR (Relevant Religious Reference): “Do not judge your fellow until you have arrived at his/her place” – Hillel in Ethics of the Fathers… Read More »Trading Places on the Ladder of Life
Fleeing from his brother Esav, Yaakov travels to his uncle Lavan in Charan; as he nears the town, he sees a peculiar sight. He sees… Read More »Well Check-Up
The gemara (Nedarim 62a) tells us, “ ‘To Love Hashem, to listen to His voice and to cling to Him…’ (Devarim 30:20), (this teaches us)… Read More »Learning to Utilize Every Trait
He took from the stones of the place and placed them around his head. He lay down in that place.[2] A medrash depicts Yaakov crestfallen… Read More »Calming Yaakov
And Ya’akov left Beer Sheva, and he went to Charan. (Bereishis 28:10) AND YA’AKOV LEFT Be’er Sheva, never to come back again. Never to come… Read More »The Transformation
BS”D Volume 35, No. 7 12 Kislev 5781 November 28, 2020 At the beginning of our Parashah, Yaakov has a dream: “Behold! A ladder was… Read More »Down to Earth
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1182 – Chasan Going To… Read More »Inspiration Without Action
The following class further develops the theme of woman’s internal power, examined in our three previous installments (“Men and Women in Judaism: Understanding Our Purpose;… Read More »Binah: A Source of Feminine Insight
When we were kids we discovered that with a pocket magnifying glass we could cause serious damage. All you had to do was go out… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Forty