Explain Yourself
Yaakov Avinu was instructed by his parents to go to the house of Lavan to find himself a spouse. He ended up marrying Lavan’s daughters, Rachel and Leah, for whom he worked tirelessly for fourteen years, to be able to…
Parasha Insights
After seven years of working hard for Lavan in order to marry his daughter Rachel, and eager to build the next block in Am Yisrael, Yaakov awakens in the morning and is stunned to find out that he has been…
Honour Your Father and Your Mother
The moment when Esau pitifully begs his aging father for a blessing after all, bitterly weeping (Genesis 27:38), can easily kindle our sympathy. Does any of his textually recorded behaviour or character trait justify his woeful fate? Is our traditional…
RELATIONSHIPS
Alexandros III Philippou Makedonon commonly known in the West as Alexander the Great King of Macedon (336–323 B.C.E.), was the most successful military commander of ancient history, conquering most of the known world before his death. Our Sages relate the…
AJEX Shabbat 2020
Memory has sustained us as Jews over thousands of years through a most challenging history. Our faith and our people are founded on the collective memory of 'Matan Torah' - the revelation at Sinai - and our shared experience over…
Confusing Our Minds!
Our Parsha begins on a sad note. Sarah the wife of Avraham and the Mother of the Jewish people passes away. Rashi explains the reason for the juxtaposition of the death of Sarah to the Akeidat Yitzchak (sacrificing of Yitzchak)…
