Yosef sent gifts to his father upon wagons (agalos). When Yaakov saw the wagons, his spirit was rejuvenated because he was convinced that Yosef was still alive. Rashi cites the Medrash that by sending wagons (agalos), Yosef was sending...
The Gemora teaches us, “Smuchin min HaTorah.” There is significance when two subjects are juxtaposed by Hashem in our Torah. The Birchas Ish therefore wonders why the laws not to take revenge and not to bear a grudge are...
INGREDIENTS: 1/4 cup olive oil 3 yellow onions, thinly sliced 2 tsp crushed garlic cloves 1 tbsp fresh thyme 1/2 cup dry white wine 2 tbsp all purpose flour 2 cups beef broth (or vegetable broth) I use...
It states (Mishlei 26:14) “The door turns on its hinges, and a lazy person on his bed.” Reb Shimshon Pinkus zt’l asks about the connection between the hinges and a lazy person. Let’s say there’s a yeshiva where one thousand bachurim study....
Can I use my leftover challah to make dairy French toast? So, there’s really two questions about the challah. Let’s talk about how it was baked. If it was baked in a fleishig oven,...
When Yaakob’s sons returned to Egypt and informed him that his beloved son, Yosef, was still alive, he at first didn’t believe them (45:26). But Yaakob then saw the wagons that Yosef had sent with his brothers to...
“Vayigash, and he approached”. The parsha opens with Yehuda pleading to Yosef on behalf of his youngest brother, Binyamin. Picture it. Yosef, Viceroy to the Pharaoh, sitting on a regal throne. His brothers standing before him....
Transformation of a Brother Yosef could not contain his tears, nor can we, when we read each year the story of how after a feud and separation that endured for twenty-two years, the Prime Minister of Egypt, Yosef, reveals...
Patrilineal descent and intermarriage are the problem, not the solution. The recent Jewish People Policy Institute study found that outside of Orthodoxy, fewer Jews are getting married, those marrying are marrying later and having fewer children and intermarriage rates are...
I. Home For Chanukah Chanukah occupies an unusual place in halachah. Most mitzvos fall on the individual. Chanukah’s primary mitzvah devolves on the location, not the person. The Gemara (Shabbos 21b) does not describe the obligation as lighting a candle...