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The Story: “Hello everyone. I’m home.” said Mr. Steiner as he entered the house, dripping raindrops on the floor. “Daddy, we were worried about you!”… Read More »Do I Have to Ask Permission?

This week we read the parsha of Lech L’cha. Hashem command Avrom: “Lech l’cha {go} from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s… Read More »The Standers and the Walkers

“And I will make of you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing” (12:2)… Read More »Redefining Pleasure

Yeshaya 40:27 This week’s haftorah teaches us never to despair. The prophet Yeshaya opens with words of rebuke to the Jewish people for their disgraceful… Read More »Haftorah Commentary – Parshas Lech Lecha

This Week’s RRR (Relevant Religious Reference): “…Go for yourself (“Lech Lecha”) from your Land, from your Birthplace, and from your Father’s House…” – Genesis, 12:1… Read More »“You Can Take the Girl out of Hicksville, but…”

The news came from a most unlikely source. Og, a feared giant, came to Avraham (Abraham) and informed him that his orphaned nephew Lot, was… Read More »Mission Impassable

A New Concept, a New Avoda “From the day Hashem created the world, there was no one who called Hashem ‘Adon’ — Master — until… Read More »The New Approach of Avraham Avinu

“[The brothers] broke the news to [Yaakov]: “Yosef is still alive, and he rules over all the land of Egypt.” But [Yaakov’s] heart became numb,… Read More »Breaking The News

QUESTION 67: CONTRIBUTING A CAR TO CHARITY I want to contribute my old car to a charity, and the charity says that they will write… Read More »Contributing A Car To Charity

It was a regular Tuesday afternoon in the shul where the Rambam prayed Mincha, during the period when he lived in Egypt. The usual crowd… Read More »Pay Attention