Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Chayye Sarah: Avraham and Eliezer, Trust and Closeness Across the Gap

Avraham, saw a world where people can acknowledge a huge and intractable gap between them, know it will not go away, and also build a strong and trusting friendship across tbe gap.

Your Attitude Counts Too

More than his guests enjoy the meal, Avraham enjoys fulfilling the mission for which he was created – to help others.

The Profundity Of Olive Oil

Chazal say (Menachos 53b) that just like an olive tree does not ever shed its leaves, so too Klal Yisrael will never be destroyed, not in this world or in the next.

Educate Your Children To Be Sensitive

After the tailor left, Rebbetzin Rivka told off her son for embarrassing the tailor. Realizing what he had done, young Sholom Ber burst into tears.

Constructive Criticism

They believe that if they inundate me with beautiful gifts, it will be difficult for me to be angry with them.

Wings of Desire

Who are these beings? Men to Avraham; Angels to Lot. Why do they play such important roles in Genesis? Why are the stories of the beginnings of humanity so rich with unfamiliar characters?

Be Different

Do we have the courage to swim against the stream? To be in the minority? To be different?

Torah Shorts: Lech Lecha: Horoscope-Proof

we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars,

What Merits Respect?

Avraham Avinu symbolized Toras chesed, the Torah of loving kindness. Commentaries ask: Is there a Torah that isn’t loving kindness?

Why Did Avraham Care?

When others see that serving Hashem is rewarded with material abundance, G-d’s name is sanctified. It is a kiddush Hashem.

Parshat Lekh Lekha: When We Don’t Know Our Basic History

Rashi gives us a new insight into Avraham’s relationship to Israel, seeing it as a place he went voluntarily, before Hashem told him

Was The Flood Noach’s Fault?

Noach is considered responsible for the Flood because he felt no personal responsibility for his generation.

Parents

What was Adam missing? After all, he had everything – a female companion, food, a Garden of Eden surrounding him. What was lacking?

The Deal Breaker

Rashi writes that the world was going to be destroyed because of rampant immorality. So why does the Talmud say robbery sealed the decree?

The True Measure of a Man

God doesn't need a slave to order and say: Build an ark! He could have made it in a second. God desires a partner. It is up to us to rise to that role. Noah's greatness was that he figured it out.

Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Noach: A Death Penalty for Animals?

When Noach gets off the ark, there seems to be a whole new world order that surrounds him.

Be Grateful – Your Life May Depend On It

We see from the Talmud that ingratitude can be cause for harsh punishment.

Rashi Is More Than A Commentator

The universe was created for the sake of the Torah and for the sake of the Jewish people – i.e., in order that we Jews study and observe the Torah.

Starbucks With The Atheist

“How can you know there’s no G-d? Can anyone possibly prove there’s no G-d? How can you prove that?” I wondered.

Rav Karlitz’s Character

Of Rav Nissim Karlitz,(ZT"L) the Chazon Ish said “One day, the entire world will hear from him.” He was right.

Why Dance? Why Not Learn?

To cross the infinite gulf separating us – as finite created beings – from the infinite Creator, we need to nullify our sense of self-importance.

“Twin Mitzvos”

The Vilna Gaon (cited in Sefer Kol HaTor 1:7) states that one's entire body is involved in two mitzvos: the mitzvah of sukkah and the mitzvah to dwell in the Land of Israel. (the GR"A does not mention Mikvah). It turns out that the mitzvah of sukkah and the mitzvah of living in Eretz Yisrael are like sister mitzvos.

Shade Of Faith

A person only receives the amount of parnassah that was proclaimed for him in Heaven.

‘Amen’ – Not A Simple Word

A person who responds “Amen” with all his might…has the power to open all the gates surrounding Gan Eden.

No, We’re Not Hypocrites

Our soul wants, to be better, different, true. Now the soul prevails over the body, and in the last moments of this journey, we must take something with us, some 'soul food' for the road ahead.

Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Haazinu: Why Did Yehoshua Repeat Haazinu?

“If God only commanded Moshe to present Haazinu, what was the need for Yehoshua to join in?”

Hashem Is Closer Than You Think

Hashem’s love for us is like the love of parents for their young child; it’s an essential love not dependent upon the child’s conduct.

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