Parshat Lech Lecha – Leaving or Going?
by Rabbi Avraham Fisher I recently read a wonderful book, “Turbulent Souls,” a memoir of spiritual journeys, by Stephen J. Dubner. Mainly, it tells how the author, the youngest of eight children in a Catholic family, having discovered that both of his parents had been born Jewish, sets out to create an identity for himself. […]
Rav Dessler on Parshat Noach
(From Mikhtav Mei’Eliahu) [Rav Eliahu Dessler zt”l (1892-1953) was one of the great contemporary thinkers and spiritual leaders of the Mussar Movement. He served as mashgiach ruchani in the Gateshead and Ponevitch Yeshivas and his subtle thinking and moral guidance had far-reaching effects through the publication of his mussar talks in Michtav Mei’Eliahu.] The Ark […]
Parshat Bereishit- Why was Chava Called Chava?” by Rabbi Binyomin Adilman
One of the jobs that Adam HaRishon had in Gan Eden was to assign names to all of the living creatures that Hashem created (Bereishis 2:19-20). The names he gave them became the names we use to this day. Amongst all those creatures however, he didn’t find a helpmate, a partner to be by his […]
Parsha Bereishit- Rav Simcha Bunim: Adam’s Vegetarianism – read
(from Kol Simcha Parshat Bereishit #10) Two verses following man’s creation (Bereishit 1:29-30) outline man’s and animal’s vegetarian diets. 29: “Said G-d, ‘Behold I have given you all the seed-bearing vegetation on the face of the earth, along with every tree that has seed bearing fruit. They will be for you for food. 30: “‘And […]
