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Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 This week’s haftorah warns the Jewish people to cherish their relationship with Hashem and never to take advantage of it. Although… Read More »Haftorah Parshas Toldos

This Week’s RRR (Relevant Religious Reference): “Pour into me, now, some of that RED RED” – Esau’s way of asking for some lentils, in GENESIS,… Read More »Birthright Battles & Material Worlds”

Two different brothers. Two different attitudes. Two different worlds. This week we learn about Yaakov and Esav, two brothers whose demeanors and attitudes toward life… Read More »From Soup to Nuts

Listening to chazaras hashatz is actually like reciting Shemoneh Esrei oneself (Mishna Berura 124,20). Therefore, if possible, a person should stand up while listening (Rema… Read More »Listening

QUESTION 69:  The warranty for a telephone I once bought says that the phone is guaranteed for normal use. If my child threw the phone… Read More »Phone That Fell Into Bathtub

“[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 »The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!” II

Adapted from a lecture by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller Our previous class explored the connection between internal power in women, and the creation of Eve from… Read More »Understanding our Purpose, Understanding our Role Part III

It could start with a bad cold, or even the flu. You feel sick, shivering and aching. You go to the doctor; he may give… Read More »Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Nine

[Scripture] refers to the World to Come using many different allegorical names: ‘the mountain of G-d,’ ‘His holy place,’ ‘the way of holiness,’ ‘the courtyards… Read More »Chapter 8, Law 4 – The Mystery of the World to Come

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: #1180 – Shadchan Shailos. Good… Read More »Patriarchal Events Foreshadow History for Their Descendants