October 7, 2026 | 26 Tishrei, 5787 | Torah Portion: Bereishis, Torah Reading Info | Haftorah: Haftorah Info
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When the Argument Outlives the Cause
This dvar Torah was adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Series on Parshas Bereishis: #1484 - The ...read more
Where Are You?
Creation. After 5756 years it still mystifies us. Where did the world begin, and where will it end. We often forget to ask a question which is ...read more
Knowing This World and Using it Well
This week I will seriously deviate from my normal format. Several decades ago this Shabbos (this was published in 5761 / 2000), my third son, ...read more
The Eternal Embrace
"...for on the day you eat of it, you shall surely die" (2:17)
Adam is warned that on the day he eats from the Tree of Knowledge, he will ...read more
Havdala: The Great Separation
The silly people in the following story make five mistakes as they try to make havdala. Can you find them? Can you think of three ways that ...read more
A Springtime of the Spirit
As the warm glow of summer gives way to the chill autumn winds, the world begins to withdraw into itself. People remain indoors, their doors and ...read more
Parshas Bereishis
Yeshaya 42:5 - 43:10 We introduce the year's Haftora reading with a penetrating message defining our awesome role in this world. Rashi ...read more
Divine Communication
“IN THE BEGINNING, God created the Heaven and the Earth.” What an INCREDIBLE understatement. That’s a little like saying about the biggest ...read more
The Source of JOY!
(V’SAMACHA B’CHAGECHAH) And you shall rejoice in your Festival-you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, ...read more
Other Articles
Chillul Hashem and Red Light on a Deserted Street
QUESTION 20: HOW DOES ONE FACTOR IN THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILLUL HASHEM (PROFANING HASHEM'S NAME) WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE ONE SHOULD BE ...read more
For the Sake of Peace II
God said to Avraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I indeed have a child when I am so old?'" (Bereshith 18:13)
As pointed out in the ...read more
It’s Good To Be a Jew
A number of years ago a non-Jew came to Yerushalayim having come to the conclusion, following a long spiritual search, that he wanted to ...read more
In the Presence of the Divine: Modalities of Jewish Prayer
In the "Shema", a prayer repeated twice a day, the Torah tells us to serve G-d "with all your heart "(Deuterotomy 6:5). This phrase is the ...read more
For the Sake of Peace
God said to Avraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Can I indeed have a child when I am so old?'" (Bereshith 18:13)
In fact these were not ...read more
The Eternal Jewish Bride: A Survey of Jewish Marriage Customs
Edited by Elizabeth Fried
In Hebrew, the word for man - "ish" - and the word for woman - "isha" - are each written with three letters. Two of ...read more
Street Vendors and Jaywalking
QUESTION 18: SHOULD YOU BELIEVE A STREET VENDOR WHO CLAIM'S HE'S SELLING STOLEN GOODS?
Once I passed a table where a person was selling ...read more
Israel’s Destruction
Torah has the power to protect those who study it, yet the land of Israel destroyed [during the time of the destruction of the Temple]? Why ...read more
Privacy: Is it a Feminine Trait?
In Psalms, King David writes that the honor and beauty of a Jewish woman is contained in her unique quality of inwardness. By contrast, today ...read more
Thinking and Writing
"You should think about Torah day and night" (Tehilim). From here the Vilna Gaon derives that one must recite a blessing before thinking about ...read more
