By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: This week’s Torah portion, Chaye Sara, talks about the marriage of Yitzhak and Rifka. Avraham sends his servant Eliezer to his birth city to find a wife for his son Yitzhak because Yitzhak was brought on an Alter as a sacrifice and was not allowed to […]
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By Rabbi Aharon Seleh: In this week’s Parsha, Hashem appeared to Avraham. Suddenly Avraham noticed three Arabs walking down the road. He asked Hashem to please wait as he went to invite these Arabs to his house. Avraham’s action seems puzzling. He is in middle of talking to the Creator, […]
By Rabbi David Cohen אעשך לגוי גדול ואברכך ואגדלה שמך והיה ברכה. Rashi explains the three terms/blessings of this pasuk; “And I will make you a great nation”: we refer to this when we say in Shemoneh Esrai – Elokai Avraham, G-d of Avraham; “And I will bless you” – […]
By Rabbi Moshe Vosoghi: Noach and his family were chosen to be the few survivors of the catastrophic flood. Though saved from destruction, their job was far from over. Night and day, Noach and his sons fed the many animals under their care, according to each creature’sparticular diet and feeding […]
By Rabbi Shlomo Zargari Shalom and מועדים לשמחה; The last day of Yom Tov after Sukkot is called שמיני חג עצרת, as the Pasuk writes: “עצרת תהיה” ( Vayikra 23,36) Rashi writes: “… when it came time to separate, he said: my children, I beg of you, stay with me […]