It is the hardest passage of all, one that seems to defy understanding. Abraham and Sarah have waited years for a child. G-d has promised them repeatedly that they would have many descendants, as …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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11/1/23
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In this week parsha, Lech Lecha, we read about how when Avraham and Sarah embarked on their journey to the Land G-d would show them, they brought with them the “souls they made in …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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10/25/23
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There are moments in life when we must start all over, when we have no choice but to begin again.
Such moments seem to typically follow tragic events. Sudden loss, especially the loss of those …
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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10/25/23
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The most influential man who ever lived does not appear on any list I have seen of the hundred most influential men who ever lived. He ruled no empire, commanded no army, engaged in no spectacular …
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By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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10/25/23
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Contrary to popular myth, there is no better or worse way to lose someone close to you, but there is definitely a worst way to find out about it.
It had been a long day, and I was finally …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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10/18/23
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This previously published Noach column by Rabbi Weinreb focuses on trauma, making it especially relevant this week.
There are many words in the English language that originally had great power …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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10/18/23
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Between the Flood and the call to Abraham, between the universal covenant with Noah and the particular covenant with one people, comes the strange, suggestive story of Babel:
The whole world …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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10/18/23
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Jewish people who have traversed the Orthodox experience may have followed any number of paths. The most common are those who were born into Orthodoxy and never left, those who converted or became …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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10/11/23
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In “The Lonely Man of Faith,” Rabbi Soloveitchik drew our attention to the fact that Bereishit contains two separate accounts of creation. The first is in Genesis 1, the second in …
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By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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10/11/23
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There was a time not too long ago when the three words, “ignorance is bliss,” would engender a long discussion. There would have been speculation about the origin of the statement. …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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10/11/23
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