All posts in: Book of Bereshis

• Vayera

  7 years ago

  Vayeira, 5768

  One doesn’t have to be a connoisseur of European fine art in order to come across the name Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn. Although he lived in the Dutch Golden ..

  Written by Rabbi Dovid Sipper
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• Vayigash

  7 years ago

  do you undervalue your brothers???

  This week’s parsha is the dramatic climax of the story of Yosef and his brothers. First, they sell him as a slave to Egypt. Afterwards, Yosef achieves phenomenal ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Vayigash

  7 years ago

  Judgment Day

  When Yosef reveals his identity with the famous line ‘I am Yosef. Is my father still alive? And the brothers could not answer him, for they were embarrassed,’ ..

  Written by d fine
• Vayishlach

  7 years ago

  Enemy Tactics

  The scene is set as the two heads of completely opposed nations (Yaakov and Esav) meet each other for the first time since Yaakov got his bracha from Yitzchak. Before ..

  Written by D Fine
• Vayishlach

  7 years ago

  Halacha Overview – Sacrifices

  Note: It should be stressed that the statements in a summary must not be interpreted as halachic rulings no matter how definitively they are worded. When such rulings ..

  Written by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld
• Bereishis

  7 years ago

  God in the World – Chesed and Din

  The sages point out that the Torah, in the first depiction of creation, creates the world using the name Elokim representing his attribute of strict justice. Yet they ..

  Written by Aron F
• Chayei-Sarah

  7 years ago

  Give Thanks To Hashem (Bereishis 24/52)

  We see that Eliezer is discussing the marriage of Rivka to Yitschok. As soon as he heard the words from Lavan and Besuel’s mouths that they Rivka can go with ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Lech-Lecha

  7 years ago

  Lech-Lecha

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  Written by Anonymous
• Miketz

  7 years ago

  Its all in the wording!!

  When the brothers appeared before Yosef the pasuk says “Vayizkor Yosef Es Hachalomos…”; Yosef remembered the dreams and only then did he accuse ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Noach

  7 years ago

  Noach’s exit from the ark (better, updated, etc) – why wait?

  One of the great things about learning Torah is that one can always find new ideas and insights and develop a more fuller understanding, even on the same topic or from ..

  Written by d fine