Olive Seedlings - שתילי זיתים

In Parshas Va'eira  we read of the first seven of the ten plagues that God inflicted upon the Egyptians. Before the plagues, God instru...

In Parshas Vayishlach we read of Jacob's nighttime struggle with a mysterious antagonist who attacked him and struggled with him until...

In Parshas Toldos  we read of the incident when Jacob, in obedience to the prophetic directive of his mother, was required to approach his ...

Towards the end of Parshas Noach we read the famous story of the Tower of Babel ( Genesis  11:1-9): The whole earth was of one language ...

In Parshas Ki Seitzei  we read (Deuteronomy 22:11), "לא תלבש שעטנז צמר ופשתים יחדו" - "You shall not wear shatneiz , wool an...

One of the minor holidays of the Jewish calendar is  Tu B'Av  - the fifteenth of Av. The Talmud ( Taanis  4:8) tells us that on this da...

Why does the Hagada begin the narrative of יציאת מצרים (the Exodus from Egypt) with the shameful statement that “in the beginning our anc...

The Talmud ( Rosh Hashana 1:1) tells us that the fifteenth of Shvat is the “ Rosh HaShana ” (New Year) for trees. The commentaries explain...