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Red Cross vehicles and military convoys. but the bar was set low. He had issues. He liked the sauce but got the job done. He was fruitful and multiplied. He lived for years longer than the hostages ...

in which the entire world is destroyed. but is saved at the end by the efforts of the people we’re rooting for. These make it easy for us to imagine all of it going away. All of our buildings and ...

In the beginning of this week’s Parsha, a relatively famous Gemara mentioned by Rashi prompts additional thought and consideration. Commenting on the Torah’s description of Noach as a righteous man “b ...

The Torah defines Noach as a "Tzadik" (a righteous man), but surprisingly, when Hashem tells him he is going to bring destruction upon the world, Noach says nothing.

1. This week’s Torah portion is Lech Lecha, the third in the book of Genesis, following Bereishit and Noach. It can be said that we are beginning for a third time. The first two beginnings had ...

The Ba’al HaTurim notes that when the Torah tells of Noach that he went with, or towards, G-d (in a strange transposition of the description of his great-grandfather Chanoch), the last letter of every ...

Terach, Abraham’s father, is often viewed in the Midrash as an evil man and nothing more than an idol worshipper (Bereishit Rabbah 38:13). A review of the literal text indicates otherwise. First of ...

This week’s parsha, Noach, tells the story of God’s disappointment with humanity and its destruction by flood. Noach, his family and the animals are saved in the ark. After landing on dry ground, ...

For some, Cheshvan is a relief. For others, it is the month where the void echoes loudest. The month where the floodwaters of family dynamics, communal expectations, and emotional overwhelm finally ...