In a 1980 lecture on Parshat Vayishlach, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik explored the idea that just as each holiday’s Torah reading has its own special motif, so, too, each parsha in the Torah has its ...

Parshat Noach contained the story of humanities downfall, and eventual rebirth; not even ten generations from Noach had passed before the world sank once more to the precipice of utter calamity with ...

Parashat Lech Lecha: Hagar and the God who sees The story of Hagar reminds us that sovereignty brings with it responsibility – to see, to hear, and to act with compassion toward those who remain ...

Neriya Hy"d's brother שיבח"א with the Torah in his memoryCourtesy of the family Parashat Lech Lecha opens with G-d’s first call to Avram, when he was 75 years old, telling him to leave Haran, his ...

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In a week of intense emotions and disagreements, it might be valuable to focus on how we greet our fellow Jews with our traditional greeting of SHABBAT SHALOM. Can Shabbos shed some light on ...

While attending the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, one of my elementary school Jewish Studies teachers tasked us with memorizing a very significant pasuk (line from the Torah) from the Torah portion, ...

Avraham Avinu, our father Abraham, was unique in his time. While others were idol worshippers, he intuited that there was one all-powerful, albeit invisible, God. And as the Torah shows us, he was a ...

Argentine President Javier Millay quoted this week's Parsha "Lech Lecha" at the inauguration of new Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein.

I consider myself extremely lucky. Through lots of siyata dishmaya, hashgacha pratis, and guidance from my elders, I was zoche to have experiences with the Rebbe none of my childhood friends received.