By: Shlomo Katz The Midrash Rabbah comments on the verse (45:28), “Yisrael said, ‘How great! My son Yosef still lives!’”– Yaakov said, “How great is...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “V’lo zochar sar hamashkim es Yosef, va’yishkocheihu, And the chief wine butler didn’t remember Yosef, and he forgot him” (Bereishis 40:23) The...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Typically, this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Miketz (Genesis 41:1-44:17), is read during Chanukah. This year is an exception. This Shabbat,...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Who doesn’t love Chanukah? Family gathering around the menorah, basking in its light, singing together the age-old melodies of Haneiros Hallalu and...

By: Rabbi Raymond Beyda “…They raised their eyes and they saw, behold! — A caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, their camels bearing spices,...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “We stand with Israel” has become popular phrase seen on posters at solidarity rallies, spotted on store windows, and placed on...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis From the subtlety of Jacob`s language, we discover the character traits to which we, as Jews, should aspire–and the converse is...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Vayeitzei… And he left. This week’s parsha, Vayeitzei, opens with Yaakov Avinu on the run, fleeing the wrath of his brother Eisav. “Vayifga...

By: Rabbi Label Lam And he arrived at the place and lodged there because the sun had set, and he took some of the stones...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin The weeks pass, the war continues. The hostages – men, women, children, babies – still have not come home. Our hearts...

By: Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky The Preservation of Free Choice We read at the beginning of the parsha, “And these are the offspring of Yitzchak son of...

By:  Chaya Sora Jungreis While this week’s parsha, Chayei Sara, tells us of the death of Sara Imeinu, it opens with the words “Chayei Sara,...

By: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Zt’l The sedra of Chayei Sarah focuses on two episodes, both narrated at length and in intricate detail. Abraham buys a...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Am Yisroel is now entering week 4 of a most difficult war. Week 4 of much pain and heartache, of many...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis This week’s parsha imparts to us lessons for life–how we should conduct ourselves in our daily affairs and in our relationships. Interestingly...

By:  Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was June 1967. The Six-Day War was raging in Eretz Yisroel. My uncle, HaRav Amram Jungreis z”l, was the rav...