Parashat Hayei Sarah

The majority of this weeks Parasha describes the plan to find a suitable bride for Isaac. However, surprisingly, the central focus is on Eliezer the servant of Abraham and his…

At the age of one hundred, Abraham had resigned himself to being childless and lost hope of fathering a child. Therefore, when G-d appeared to him to bless him, Abraham…

“In the beginning, G-d created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was barren and desolate.” The next 6 days were spent making order out of chaos. A basic…

Even greatness requires Humility In the opening lines of the song of Ha’azinu, Moshe declares,”The Mighty rock, His deeds are perfect, for all His ways are just.”When we see things…

Be the Author in your Book of Life Abraham Lincoln once said, “My great concern is not whether I have failed, but whether I am content with my failure.” Our…

Relationships add meaning, texture, vitality and spirituality to our lives and yet are a deep source of frustration when they go off the tracks. Rabbi Aharon Halevi, from Barcelona, Spain…

Self control and delayed gratification are an important theme that we find throughout the Torah. We find it in the Parasha this week when the Torah writes: “When you say,…

This week we will be reading about the giving of the 10 Commandments, the foundation for moral conduct. The Talmud states, however, that had the Torah not been given, we…

“If a person accidentally kills another, he must be exiled and remain in the city of refuge until the death of the High Priest.“   How does the Cohen Gadol…

This week’s reading begins a new era in the life of a new generation, since nearly a thirty eight year gap had past since the previous event. When the new…