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 This week’s parsha opens with Yaakov escaping the wrath of his brother Eisav. “Vayeitzei Yaakov m’Beer Sheva, And Yaakov left Beer...

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 Ever come home totally famished and grab some junk food – knowing full well, you will be sorry later? What about...

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-Lonner Boxer Mike Tyson, “Iron” Mike, attempted a comeback. At 58, he went back into the ring to fight a decades-younger Jack...

By: Rabbi Benjamin Hecht On the surface, it would seem somewhat appropriate that the story of the search for a wife for Yitzchak Avinu should...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin It was June 1974. Israel was still reeling from the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War. The long-term rehab centers were...

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 Life comes with both good days and challenging ones. While we are blessed, at times we are tested. Pirkei Avos teaches “Asara...

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis In this week’s parsha, the history of the Jewish people commences. Until now, in the portions of Genesis and Noah, we...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin “He was named Noach, saying this one will ease our work, and bring us rest from the toil of our hands….”...

By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb There are many words in the English language that originally had great power but have become watered down over the...

By: Rabbi Pinchas Winston In the beginning, God made the Heaven and the Earth. (Bereishis 1:1) The words are so incredibly simple, and yet, of course,...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin Every day, from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Shemini Atzeres, we recite Psalm 27, “L’Dovid, HaShem, Ori V’yish’ee, HaShem, is my light...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin We are just days away from Yom Kippur. A time for us to reckon with our past, and daven for our...