Olive Seedlings - שתילי זיתים

The second chapter of Parshas Bamidbar  discusses the division of the Jewish population in the wilderness into four camps, each containing ...

In  Parshas Behar  we read (Leviticus 25:17): ולא תונו איש את עמיתו ויראת מאלקיך כי אני ה' אלקיכם: “And you shall not hurt the feel...

Parshas Bo  tells us of the final three of the ten plagues that God inflicted upon the Egyptians before the exodus of the Jewish people fro...

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 Vayechi we read of Jacob’s blessings to his sons before his passing. After blessing the four eldest sons of Leah, Jacob then bl...

At the end of last week's parsha , after Joseph intepreted the dream of Pharaoh's wine steward and told him that he would be freed ...

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

According to the Talmud ( Avos 5:3), Abraham was tested ten times and he passed all of the tests. The purpose of these tests was to "...

Parshas Vayeira  ends with the story of the final trial of Abraham, the Akeidas Yitzchak  - the Binding of Isaac. The Torah introduces this...

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...

We are currently in the Jewish month of Av , the month devoted to mourning the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem – which culmin...

The story of the martyrdom of Chana and her seven sons is recorded in several sources. The primary sources are the Talmud ( Gitin 57b), the...