In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Toldot, Yitzchak and Rivka try for 20 years to have a child before Hashem answers their prayers and she becomes pregnant with twins. When […]
Weekly Torah Portion
Insight and themes on the weekly Torah portion read aloud in synagogue.
The bulk of Parshas Chayei Sarah deals with the famous story of Eliezer’s mission to find a wife for Isaac. The Torah tells us that Abraham sent his trusted servant, […]
In this week’s Torah Portion, Parshas Chayei Sarah, Sarah dies at the age of 127. Avraham mourns for her and immediately purchases land from Ephron HaChiti for 400 silver coins. […]
the definition of true greatness, a lesson from Parshat Vayeira, with TorahMates coordinator Rabbi Shimon Beer
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Lech Lecha, Gd commands Avram to leave his homeland, the land of his fathers, to go to a land that Gd will show him, […]
The people in the times of Noach were guilty of many severe sins. However, the sin that clinched their destruction was the sin of robbery. What was the most popular […]
This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Noach, tells the famous tale of Noah’s Ark and the flood. When the world became so corrupt that Gd determined it would need to be […]
In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Ki Tavo, Moshe gives instructions to the Jews about what they should do when they enter the Land of Israel. He tells them that […]
This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Ki Teitzei, contains 74(!) of the 613 mitzvot, commandments. I chose two commandments for this week’s Parsha Sweets and Treats. The first is shiluach hakan. […]
Torah thought for Parshas Shoftim with Oorah‘s general counsel, Rabbi Bentzion Turin. More on Parshas Shoftim from the Oorah Spirit: Shoftim: The Dark Side What Gives Rabbis the Right to […]
