VAYERA: Sodom and Gomorrah and the Bible as History
THE DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY
As a teenager, I remember reading an exciting book called “The Bible as History” (I read it in Spanish “Y...
VAYERA: Abraham and a different kind of opportunism
DICTIONARY:
Opportunism is the art, policy, or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, often with little regard for principles ….
Synonym for opportunism: exploitation
KINDNESS...
VAYERA: A Lesson in Parenting From The First Jewish Mother
DID SARA OVERREACT?
Abraham and Sara had no children. HaShem promised them that their descendants would inherit the land of Canaan. Sarah proposes to Abraham...
SUMMARY PARASHAT VAYERA
God revealed himself to Abraham in a vision while sitting at his tent's entrance. Abraham notices that three travelers pass near him, and as...
Summary of Parashat Noach
Noah was a righteous and upright man who “walked with God.” While humanity was sinking into anarchy, corruption, and violence, Noah remained faithful to...
Noah and the Seven Commandments
THE GENERATION OF THE FLOOD
When God created humanity, He endowed them with a neshamá—the soul, intelligence, the capacity to think, and the freedom to...
Noach, and the Discovery of Mortality
PREDILUVIAN THOUGHTS
What caused the universal flood? A meteorite? A climate change event? The Tora is not an ordinary book: it is a Divine book....
BERESHIT: Dinosaurs in the Bible
BACK TO THE BEGINNING
This year, Parashat Bereshit, Genesis, which contains the account of the creation of the world, left us with only one day...
FIRST TRIAL. Recognizing God’s Voice
THE CONTEXT OF ISAAC’S SACRIFICE
Our rabbis mentioned that when we listen to the Shofar we should remember the sacrifice of Isaac, that is, the last...
SUKKOT 5785 SPEECH: Shemuel Yosef and Shimon Bar Kochba
This is the story of two historical documents: a letter written 1,900 years ago and a video of a phone conversation I received a...
