“And Moshe returned to HASHEM and said, “HASHEM, why have You done evil to this people? Why have You sent me?” — Shemos 5:22 HASHEM sent...
In this parsha, we meet the greatest man who ever walked on planet earth, the man who actually spoke to G-d face to face — Moshe...
We have a teaching that everything that happened to our forefathers is a sign to the children. So when we study the Torah, it is not...
After Yaakov’s passing the brothers were worried. After all, Yoseph was the ruler of Egypt and their father Yaakov was now gone. And so the Torah...
J Street U, the student organizing arm of J Street, is pushing to have Palestinians present their view of Israel to Birthright groups run by campus...
I have known more than my share of families that are torn by discord. I think most of us, perhaps even all of us, are familiar...
“And Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen…and he fell on his neck and wept” (Genesis 46:29). “But...
We all love the classic Hanukkah sufganiya — a light and puffy fried donut made from yeasted enriched dough, filled with red jam and topped with...
In this week`s parsha we read the dramatic story of Joseph who is now Viceroy of Egypt meeting his brethren after 22 years of separation. The...
Parshas Miketz details the continuing saga of Yoseph and his brothers. Yoseph’s brothers, forced by the famine that gripped the land of Canaan, travelled to the...
On Motzei Shabbat, Klall Yisroel learned of the petirah of Chacham Shaul Rahamim Kassin, zt’l, the esteemed rav of Congregation Shaare Zion and the Chief Rabbi...
The Sephardic community and it’s rabbis around the world mourn the passing today of Rabbi Shaul Rahamim Kassin, chief rabbi of Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish community. Our sympathies...
Through the years and the courts, a small spark in Philadelphia now lights up the world It was a frigid Saturday night during Chanukah of 1974,...
“…They raised their eyes and they saw, behold! — A caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, their camels bearing spices, balsam and lotus…” Beresheet 37:25...
When I recall the great teachers I was blessed with over the course of my lifetime, I realize that one thing comes to mind: they were...
Yaakov sent messengers to Eisav before their confrontational meeting with the following message: “I have lived with Lavan (Im Lavan Garti), and tarried until now” [Bereshis...
