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Back to SearchParsha: Toldos - Smoking Camels (5784)
Two very different boys are born in this week's Parsha. Esau, the older one, is ruddy and hairy and looking for trouble. Jacob, the younger one, is w…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Wrestling with Innate, Unchangeable flaws: The Keturah Method
Our character traits fall into three categories:
The ones that are easily changeable with minimal effort.The ones that can be changed, but it requires…9 months, 2 weeks ago
Parshas Toldos (Rebroadcast)
In Parshas Toldos we meet twin boys that are polar opposites: Esau, beloved by his father Isaac, is a man of the fields; while Jacob is loved by his …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Parsha: Chayei Sarah - Age of the Matriarchs
Sarah lived a relatively long life. She passed away at the age of 127 after learning about the Binding of Isaac. Our Parsha begins with her passing, …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Parsha: Chayei Sarah - Buried Alive (5784)
Sarah died at the age of 127. Abraham negotiated with the Hittites for the purchase of a burial plot, the Cave of Machpelah. The objective of the pur…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Living a Torah Life (Alei Shur Introduction to The First Gate)
Torah is not supposed to be a detached, academic study. The Almighty gave us a Torah as the authoritative guide for living the most elevated and rich…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Parshas Chayei Sarah (Rebroadcast)
Some of the highlights of this week’s parsha: Immediately after the Binding of Isaac, Sarah passed away at the age of 127, and soon afterward Abraham…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Parsha: Vayeira - Sodium and Gomorrah
Abraham was the paragon of faith. He was also the paragon of kindness and hospitality. When he was 99 years old and only three days removed from a ve…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Parsha: Vayeira - Abraham Abraham (5784)
On the second day of Rosh Hashanah each year we read chapter 22 of Genesis, the Binding of Isaac episode. Abraham is instructed to take his beloved s…
10 months ago
Bonus Talmud Lecture - Parental Obligations
I was asked to give a Talmud class in the TORCH center. The subject matter is the obligation of a father to circumcise his son. If you want to get a …
10 months ago