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In Jewish history, there is a hardly an object more expounded upon than the burning bush. Its symbolism is analyzed, its significance expounded upon, and… Read More »Burning Interests

WHY 210 YEARS? That’s what my chavrusa asked me recently. He understood why there had to be slavery, especially kabbalistically. He just hadn’t seen any… Read More »Why 210 Years?

Yoseif and the Other Brothers in the Brochos Yaakov Avinu gives final words to his sons.  Regarding the condemnation of Shimon and Levi for their… Read More »Yaakov’s Brochos to the Sons

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Series on the weekly portion: ##221, Exhumation: When Is it… Read More »Ephraim and Menashe: Role Models for Jews in Galus

Yisrael strengthened himself, and sat up on the bed.[2] Open any edition of Mikra’os Gedolos, and you’ll find marginal annotations known as the Mesorah .… Read More »Strengthening One Dooms the Other

And Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years, and Yaakov’s days, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty-seven years.… Read More »Living the Life

The Avos, the Gemora says, were called Yesharim, the Upright Ones, and that they were. Few, if any other peoples, have such illustrious ancestors who… Read More »Straight Away

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person… Read More »Parsha Summary for Parshas Vayechi

M’lochim I 2:1 The Talmud in Bava Matzia 87a tells us that Yakov Avinu [our father] was the first person to “get weak” prior to… Read More »Haftorah Summary for Parshas Vayechi

This week we read the parsha of Vayechi, completing the Sefer {Book} of Breishis. “Vayechi Yaakov {And Yaakov lived} in the land of Mitzrayim {Egypt}… Read More »Tears of Joy