As the flood waters recede, Noach opens the window of the ark and sends out the raven, which “kept going and returning until the waters dried from upon the earth.” It would seem as if the raven did its...
Coming off a joyous Simchas Torah, the excitement of the Yom Tov heightened with gratitude for the return of the twenty living hostages, I turned on my phone after Havdalah, eager to see more pictures of reunions and...
This week’s Torah portion takes us to the first communist regime in history, revealing how such systems gradually, and with great cunning, take shape. The story unfolds some time after the Flood, as the world begins to...
And G-d made the beasts of the earth according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind, and all the creeping things of the ground according to their kind, and G-d saw that it was good. Bereishis...
First things first Parshas Bereishis is all about the beginnings: First creation, first light, first day, first person, first commandment, and of course, first sin. After blessing mankind to be fruitful, Hashem gives Adam his first official mitzvah....
At a black-tie affair, all the guests are wearing tuxedos or expensive gowns. They all look pretty much the same. But there are two groups of people at this affair. One group, when they go home, hang...
The pasuk in Parshas Ha’azinu says, “Remember bygone days; understand the years of each generation; ask your father and he will tell you, your grandfather and he will say it over to you” [32:7]. Even on a very simple...
As we approach the joyous festival of sukkos, we reflect back at the long, hard period of Elul and the High Holy Days. We put in a lot of effort and time in trying to improve our...
The Gemara tells us that after one’s demise, he will be asked, “Did you wait for the salvation (for Moshiach)?” The Imrei Emes of Gur zt’l said that the question also means, “Did you wait for Hoshnah Rabbah,...
Is a canvas sukkah kosher if the walls move in the wind? Sukkah walls that move in a regular wind are not valid walls. There are different opinions as to what type of movement invalidates a sukkah. To satisfy all opinions,...