Olive Seedlings - שתילי זיתים

In the beginning of Parshas Lech Lecha , God instructs Abraham to leave his homeland and to travel to the land that He would show him. God ...

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 ...

Rashi - Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Traditional depiction) In his opening comment on Genesis 1:1, Rashi (R’ Shlomo Yitzchaki, d.1105) cites...

Parshas V’zos HaBracha , which is read on Simchas Torah , is the final Torah reading of the yearly cycle. As is clear in the first few vers...

In the Torah’s description of the festival of Sukkos , the Torah describes the obligation for Jews to dwell in sukkos – “booths” – for the...

Parshas Ha’azinu is the last Torah reading before Simchas Torah , when we complete the yearly cycle and begin again from Genesis . This sh...

Jewish law requires us to ask forgiveness from anyone whom we may have harmed, whether the harm was physical, financial, emotional, or soci...

Towards the end of Parshas VaYeilech God testifies that, no matter far the Jewish people may drift from the proper obedience of God’s will...

אמר רבי כרוספדאי אמר רבי יוחנן: שלשה ספרים נפתחין בראש השנה, אחד של רשעים גמורין, ואחד של צדיקים גמורין, ואחד של בינוניים. צדיקים גמורין ־ ...

In Parshas Nitzavim Moses continues his farewell speech to the Jewish people. The parsha is devoted primarily to the topics of galus (ex...