parshat hashavua

THERE IS THIS joke about a woman who cried the first time she read the story about Yosef’s kidnapping and

WHICH WAS THE real fight, the one with the “stranger” the night before, or with Eisav the next day? Clearly

WHAT A CHANGE of pace. Ya’akov Avinu was forced, due to his mother’s advice to put his life in danger

THE JEWISH PEOPLE have had many enemies over the millennia, but most of them were descendants of either Yishmael or

LAST WEEK’S PARSHA was a laugh. This week’s parsha is to cry for. It’s never easy losing a spouse you

THEY SAY THAT laughter is the best medicine. Though it is definitely not always the best medicine in every situation,

THE VERSE SAYS, “Chochmah m’ayin timatzei—Wisdom, where can it be found?” (Iyov 28:12). But it is one of those beautifully

RASHI LAST WEEK brought a disagreement about the basis of Noach’s name: He named him Noach, saying, “This one will

BY NOW, IF you have been reading what I have written over the years, you know that the Creation story