Our Torah is a Book of Commandments, yet SeferBeraishit, the longest of the Five Books, deals mostly with the history of our Matriarchs and Patriarchs. It is through their lives that we learn proper conduct, morals, and values. It is…
Towards the beginning of this week’s parsha, a very surprising thing occurs. Sarah Imeinu, renowned in divreiChazal for her prophecy and righteousness, is accused of having laughed in disbelief upon being informed that she will bear a son. This itself…
The alarm rings, its six thirty in the morning, your head is spinning, you wonder to yourself what day is it? After a few seconds you realise its Thursday and that Shul awaits you. You convince yourself, just another a…
At the end of this week’s Torah reading, we are confronted with what we are told is Avraham’s final test, the binding of Isaac. In what must be counted as one of the bible’s most harrowing commandments, God tells Avraham…
A couple came in for counselling. The husband was a football ‘fanatic’. The wife spoke of how every night he would rush to the TV and ensure to watch the game. The therapist assured her it was actually quite the…
As we read about the mabul that destroyed an entire generation, and left only NOACH with his family intact in the safety of the Teivoh, we need to give this a little thought. What was the severity of the sin…
