All posts in: Book of Bereshis

• Chayei-Sarah

  7 years ago

  the last test; you’ll never believe this!

  We all know the story; Avraham avinu conquers his prime test of the akeidah, and then Sarah imeinu dies. Avraham consequently goes to Efron to buy a burial spot ..

  Written by D Fine
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• Lech-Lecha

  7 years ago

  Lech Lecha

  The First World Congress of the Agudath Israel of 1923, convened in the elegant Viennese Opera House, was a magnificent event graced by the presence of the legendary ..

  Written by Rabbi Dovid Sipper
• Miketz

  7 years ago

  Miketz

  We would love to read your vort. Click “Submit your Vort” to send us your vort.

  Written by Anonymous
• Noach

  7 years ago

  Every Little Helps

  Every Little Helps In Parshat Noach, this week, we read that G-d feels the need to destroy everyone in Noach’s world because “the earth had become filled with ..

  Written by Leo Mercer
• Toldos

  7 years ago

  break-out

  Last year, we discussed whether Yitzchak really did not know about his two sons’ characters in mistakenly deeming Esav appropriate for the main bracha. This year, ..

  Written by d fine
• Toldos

  7 years ago

  Living for tommorow

  Toldot – Living for tomorrow. Esau and Jacob were twin brothers. Esau spent his days hunting in the fields and his brother, Jacob, spent his time studying ..

  Written by Alex Woolfstein
• Vayechi

  7 years ago

  Parsha Vayechi, 5766

  Whilst sitting on the underground on a recent trip to England, I was privileged to witness a tragic comedy. Sitting across the aisle was an unlikely pair; a corporate ..

  Written by Rabbi Dovid Sipper
• Vayeishev

  7 years ago

  Vayeishev – “Never Give Up”

  We read in Parshas Vayeishev that Yosef held firm to his faith in Hashem, no matter what was thrown at him. His never give up, never surrender attitude served him well ..

  Written by Chanan Ephraim Rivenson
• Vayeitzei

  7 years ago

  Leah got more than she deserved.. did you???

  When Leah had her fourth child she named him Yehudah, saying, “HaPaam Odeh Es Hashem” – “This time I must thank Hashem”. Rashi asks, ..

  Written by B Rose
• Vayera

  7 years ago

  Bein Adam Lechaveiro that we forget

        In our sedra, we are told about Avraham Avinu doing the mitzvah of hachnasas orchim, and HaShem visits the sick [Avraham]. Here’s something ..

  Written by d fine