By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis
There is a famous Midrash based on this week’s parsha that asks, “If there are so many ways through which G-d could have saved Noah,...
By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston
In the beginning, God made the Heaven and the Earth. (Bereishis 1:1)
The words are so incredibly simple, and yet, of course,...
By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
The last verses of the Torah encapsulate a glorious career of leadership of the father of all prophets, Moshe, into a...
By Rabbi Avraham HaCohen Kook
The focus of the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is on teshuvah — return and repentance. We recite the Avinu Malkeinu prayer...
By: Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
In his parting days with his beloved Klal Yisrael, Hashem reiterates a message to Moshe who in turn imparts those warnings...
By: Shlomo Katz
There are two holidays mentioned in the Torah whose primary significance is not described there. Nowhere in the Torah is Rosh Hashanah...
By: Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffman
Parshas Nitzavim contains a section called Parshas ha-Teshuva, The Chapter of Repentance; so called because in this chapter Moshe encourages Bnei...
By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis
This parsha contains the most mitzvos of all the parshiot, and they encompass many areas that prepare us for Rosh HaShana and enable...
By: Shlomo Katz
Rabbeinu Nissim z”l (14th century; Barcelona, Spain) writes that, unlike other nations, the Jews have a dual judicial system. Every nation has...
By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis
The parsha opens with the words, “Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourselves in all of your gates.” (Deut. 16:17) There are...
