Parashas Shemos, Issue #877 / CTD #13: Wolf! – Pinchas Winston However, though they afflicted them, they [nevertheless] increased and grew, which made the Children of Israel disgusting to them. (Shemos 1:12)   LET’S SAY YOU’RE 60 years old, and you’re able to go back in time to your 10th birthday. What would it be…

Parashas Vayechi, Issue #876 / CTD #12: The World-to-Come, Part 2 – By Pinchas Winston Ya’akov called for his sons and said, “Gather yourselves and I will tell you what will happen to you at the end of days.” (Bereishis 49:1)   WELL IT HAD been my plan,” Ya’akov told his sons, the 12 Tribes,…

Parashas Vayigash, Issue #875 / CTD #12: The WTC – By Pinchas Winston Yosef wasn’t able to restrain himself before those around him. He called out, “Remove every man from around me!” When everyone else had left, Yosef made himself known to his brothers. He cried out loud [and] Egypt and Pharaoh’s household heard. Yosef…

Parashas Mikeitz, Issue #874 / CTD #11: Chanukah – By Pinchas Winston And Yosef said to them, “What is this deed that you have committed? Don’t you know that a person like me practices divination?” (Bereishis 44:15)   HERE’S AN INTERESTING point. The last word of the Hebrew verse is “komoni,” spelled, Chof-Mem-Nun-Yud, which means,…

Parashas Vayaishev, Issue #873 / CTD #10 – By Pinchas Winston  Yosef had a dream, and he told it to his brothers, [which made] them hate him even more. (Bereishis 37:5)   DREAMS ARE A fascinating topic in and of themselves, but particularly so after seeing the significant role they have played in Jewish history….