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He did so for the butler and baker in prison and, in this week’s parsha, for Pharaoh. His interpretations were neither magical nor miraculous.

Twenty-five years later with grown children at my side, her words of wisdom echo in my ears daily.

My mother often recounted this story because of the incredible hashgacha pratit.

A few more days went by and I became more and more concerned. The burning smell was unrelenting. I again asked for an inspection.

No one has all the strengths. Sufficient if we have one. But we must also know what we lack.

Rabbi Pappenheim also argues that “cheich” [palate] comes from “chakah” because the open fish net resembles a person’s mouth opened wide in anticipation of food.

There are many people in the world that don’t fit into these prestigious groups of individuals. What will be of them? Who wants to know them? Who can be proud of them?

Enjoy? I loved every minute. Wish I could go back. I still remember the songs we sang, the stories he told.

Norman Rosenbaum was the only one in his family up to making the trans-world trip and accepting the challenge.

It is as if the Torah were telling us that so long as there is a conflict within us, there will be a conflict around us.

More scholarly-oriented etymologists are at a loss to explain the origins of “donag.”

Hashem, in His infinite wisdom, created the human mind with the great ability to forget or to blur out the hard and dark moment.

Hi, I just received a delivery and I found quarter of a watermelon that I didn’t take. Can you check if I paid for it?

“Apadna” appears once in the Bible (Daniel 11:45), and the commentators explain that it denotes a palace. In the Talmud, “apadna” sometimes means, not a palace, but a den that is especially grand or kingly.

It is at these points of maximal vulnerability that he encounters G-d and finds the courage to continue despite all the hazards of the journey.

We all come from a special tree that belongs just to our family. Yes, all the trees together make up the forest, or the orchard. However, each tree in itself is special and one of a kind.

It’s not simply that there is no room for such questions, rather we would be fools not to stop and think about why He chose this outcome.

Nice story. But how the shidduch came about… that’s something incredible.

Nelson’s pocket contained a bloody switchblade with the word “killer” inscribed on the handle. In that same pants pocket were three bloodstained one-dollar bills. The bloodstains were consistent with Rosenbaum’s blood type but not Nelson’s.

Isaac never intended to give the blessing of the covenant to Esau. He intended to give each child the blessing that suited them.

A whole slew of other words also come from ayin-lammed, including “elyon” (high), “l’maaleh” (up), “oleh” (elevate), “aleh” (leaf, which grows on a branch), “ohl” (yoke, which placed on an animal), “meil (tunic, which is worn on top of other clothing), “na'al” (shoe, which is worn on top of the foot), etc.

There is a story of a mother who saw that her child was stuck under a very heavy object and in great danger, and she suddenly had great energy to lift it, in order to save her child.

One hot summer night Daniel woke up at about 4 o'clock in the morning and was terribly thirsty. Everyone else was sleeping and he knew he couldn't wake them up to say 'amein'.

Rabbi Mizrachi explains that Rehoboam was called a naar at 41 because he was immature and had weak leadership skills...

It's very hard to see Hashem's presence in such hard times, it's very difficult to see G-d's plan when all around things seem so unfair and challenging.

We just need help in locating a nice place that meets the standards of the Health Ministry and is able to stretch to accommodate twice the size crowd if the rules lighten up.

“Pil” actually doesn’t appear anywhere in the Bible. Biblical Hebrew seems to have a different word for elephant, “shenhav,” which appears twice in the Bible.

Noah fails the test of collective responsibility. He is a man of virtue in an age of vice, but he makes no impact on his contemporaries.

When Rachel "cries" to G-d she is actually singing to him from the depths of her soul.

Family members, Baruch Hashem, came through lending the hosts two portable generators, which at the very least, could keep the seudot meals safe.