My Most Favorite Ashkenazi Tradition
TAX SEASON
Tu Bishbat is not a religious holiday and is not mentioned in the Tora. The rabbis chose this date 2,000 years ago for...
YITRO: Serving God or Using God?
DUTIES OF THE BRAIN
This Shabbat we will read the Parasha Yitro, which contains the Ten Commandments, a subject of inexhaustible depth.
One example. The First...
Challa, Manna and Parnasa
After leaving Egypt and entering the desert, the Israelites began to suffer from a shortage of food and water. At that moment, one of...
BESHALLACH: The Bones of Yosef, the Danube River and the Shoah
Founded in 1989 in Israel, ZAKA was originally formed to respond to terror attacks and deal with the retrieval, identification and burial of the deceased.
(Written...
BESHALLACH: Miriam, and the audacity of hope
ותקח מרים הנביאה את התוף בידה
Miriam, Moshe’s (Moses) sister, was probably the most optimistic person in the history of Am Israel. I believe that...
SUMMARY OF BESHALLACH
PHARAOH'S REGRETAfter Pharaoh expels the Jewish slaves from his land, God does not lead them along a direct route to the Promised Land, because...
BO: Gaza y las diez plagas
Para el Faraón, todo es personal
Moisés advierte al Faraón que si no libera a los judíos, Egipto comenzará a sufrir a causa de diferentes...
BO: Death, as the last resort
The story of the ten plagues is fascinating not only for its content but also for the sophistication of its narrative. The plagues begin...
VAERA: The Miraculous Rejection of the Ceasefire (2014)
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(Written in July 2014)
I would like to refer to Parashat Vaera, the second parasha of the Book of Shemot, and its main character,...
VAERA: Pharaoh and His Gambling Problem
Every time I read this Parasha, I feel perplexed and fascinated by the behavior of Pharaoh. During the plagues, Pharaoh even admitted that he...
Pharaoh and the Two Midwives
אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה
Pharaoh planned the final solution to the Jewish problem. The plan begins by recruiting collaborators. It was not...
How was assimilation prevented in Egypt?
When our patriarch Ya'aqob was getting ready to descend to Egypt and reunite with his son Yosef —Egypt's second most powerful man— he feared...
Rabbi Elyashiv and the number of Jews that left Egypt
How is it possible that the people of Israel reproduced so greatly in Egypt within a period of just 210 years?
Let us recall that the...
10th Of Tebet: Holocaust Remembrance Day
YOM HAKADDISH HAKELALI
In modern Israel, the 10th of Tebet is also set as the day of the Kaddish haKelaly. According to the Chief Rabbinate...
The SEGULA of Maimonides to enjoy good health
The reality is simple and indisputable: our health depends on two major factors:
The actions we take to care for our own health.
Factors...
VAYIGGASH: Yosef and the Three Levels of Forgiveness
Yosef sees his brothers, who betrayed him 20 years ago and sold him into slavery. They came to Egypt to get food. Now, he...
SUMMARY OF VAYIGGASH
As the falsely accused Binyamin stood before Yosef, condemned to a life of slavery, Yehuda stepped forward with a plea for mercy. He implored...
END THE PHONE-BASED CHILDHOOD NOW By Jonathan Haidt
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VAYIGGASH: Tora, Assimilation, and Chess
In this week’s Parsha, Vayiggash, Yosef finally reveals his identity to his brothers. “I am Yosef,” he tells them. The brothers are in shock....
